never mind, I dont think you were replying to me
lol, no I wasn't
, I have replied to you but that was intended for Joebob.So I've had the PS3 a couple of days now...............
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lol, no I wasn't
, I have replied to you but that was intended for Joebob.Saying the Sixaxis is a BAD pad is a bit harsh. There are many bad 3rd party pads out there and the sixaxis is leaps and bounds ahead of them. It is not as good as the 360 controller, that isn't even worth debating, but there is so little in it that i personally am able to prefer the sixaxis just because it's what I'm used to.
Sony have admitted there are a couple of bugs with the sixaxis and in response have released the dual shock 3. The joysticks have been amended and that was the biggest problem, I don't really have a problem with the shoulder buttons, but i can see why people do.
The 360 pad is better, but people DO prefer the sixaxis for their own reasons - I'm one of them.
Sony have admitted there are a couple of bugs with the sixaxis and in response have released the dual shock 3. The joysticks have been amended and that was the biggest problem, I don't really have a problem with the shoulder buttons, but i can see why people do.
The 360 pad is better, but people DO prefer the sixaxis for their own reasons - I'm one of them.
I played on my first PS3 tonight, I liked it, but the pad is too light and feels like it was made by Africans in a ghetto, the shoulder buttons are just wrong. Only played fifa08 its the same as it is on the 360 but the controls are just to awkward when you compare it to the 360.
Third-Party doesn't count. I'm on about primary control pads, Sony ship their £300 and originally £425 consoles with that pad. This is the one you get with EVERY Playstation3 and the one they have the cheek to charge £35 PER PAD for. First party pads should always be the best of them all. The built quality of the Six-Axis is so incredibly poor it's unbelievable, the DualShock 2 and DualShock 1's were brilliant. It didn't even take til the end of the first day before I'd warped the right hand side of the pad out (hard to describe what I mean
) between the top and bottom, so I have to use my second Six-Axis.
I was talking to someone about this last night, can't remember who, but it's common sense (no offense
The upper left and upper right of the pads are the most comfortable areas on the pad and are the natural positions for the thumbs on ANY pad, on the Xbox360 pad without moving your thumbs they should rest on the lower right of the joystick and over X and A on the face buttons. This is the natural position of the thumbs.
Now years ago the old Analogue, then Dual Shock and later Dual Shock 2 controllers were fine because the vast majority of games all utilised a combination of face buttons and directional-pad, not joysticks. The natural position of both the D-Pad and Face Buttons were therefore brilliant and worked superb on all games that used these.
Microsoft however swapped the joystick to the 'natural position' of the controller and as most games use only the left analogue stick and face buttons this is very comfortable. The D-Pad isn't used in many games at all bar occasional use as perhaps a weapon select or inventory selection, so having that in the lower section of the pad has no real negative effect.
As a result of this, the majority of people would say the Xbox360 pad is better for First Person games or Racing games, something that I see commonly said on here and I agree with it. The PS3 pad is more popular for Fighting games, the reason being the majority of all gamers use a D-Pad rather than analogue stick for these (as controllers analogue sticks are totally different to arcade sticks).
This isn't a new argument, it was a common complaint regarding the previous generation of consoles where the PS2 controller (Dual Shock 2) was regularly classed as poor for FPS games and the Xbox controller (Original or S-Controller) were excellent for FPS games and racing games.
As games have progressed from predominantly digital to predominantly analogue Microsoft targetted their controller to the new, predominantly analogue method of gaming, Sony however are using a 13 year old design which was excellent for digital. As a result the PS2 and especially PS3 controllers (as almost all games now are analogue) are found wanting for FPS games and as FPS is the most popular genre going it's become more apparent.
Ok mate, I can understand all of that and can see how it might be better for the majority, I'm a freak though and prefer the sticks to be symetrical, but like I've always said I can use the 360 pad fine too, don't have a major problem with either.
I'm small, with small hands, like Sony's target audience so I guess that does help.
Third-Party doesn't count. I'm on about primary control pads, Sony ship their £300 and originally £425 consoles with that pad. This is the one you get with EVERY Playstation3 and the one they have the cheek to charge £35 PER PAD for. First party pads should always be the best of them all. The built quality of the Six-Axis is so incredibly poor it's unbelievable, the DualShock 2 and DualShock 1's were brilliant. It didn't even take til the end of the first day before I'd warped the right hand side of the pad out (hard to describe what I mean
See i didn't realize the early ones were THAT bad. The sixaxis controllers that ship with the 40gig model (the one i have) are apparently made with much more solid plastic. I've just tried to 'bend' it to see if i could make it creak like people complained about in the past and i couldn't hear a thing - so it must be improved.
£35 is expensive for the sixaxis, however i imagine the dualshock 3 will be approx the same price (i payed £32 for one including shipping costs from hong kong) and that is much better value for money. I hate to bring in 360 vs ps3 comparisons however it is worth mentioning you do small a small extra premium for the high quality of the product - a quick search for a wireless controller + a battery pack the cheapest i could find was £40. What I'm trying to get at is the fact that controllers in general are just plain overpriced imo.
The original ones were made from see-thru plastic and really do pale in comparrison to the Dual Shock 3.
I have just had a play with both controllers,and the design of the PS pad is so inferior to the xbox one.It was a good design in its time but it is a fact,that the xbox one is better(for next gen games,not for d-pad ones).I know it sounds bad,but i studied industrial design for 2 years and i could rip the PS pad to pieces with its flaws.
Please don't flame me for this post,i know a lot of you will be quite upset about it,and it does sound like a fanboyish post.But it isn't.
Please don't flame me for this post,i know a lot of you will be quite upset about it,and it does sound like a fanboyish post.But it isn't.
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Please do rip it to pieces, because I genuinely have no problems at all using it, and am getting quite worried I am deformed in some way, as so many of you on here are saying how terrible it is.
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I didn't say anything of the sort.
If the DS3 wasn't out then I would still be using the SIXASIS and wouldn't have a problem with it - same can be said for the trigger buttons. Just because improvements have been made it doesn't mean that I think the SIXASIS is a bad controller.
But as you know I am new to the world of Playstation, and had a 360 previously and still do have access to one very often, so I wouldn't say I'm used to the Dual Shock controllers, if anything its the other way around.
Bah, I'm just a freak
Here are 2 shots.This isn't playing a game,just holding the controller so it feels comfortable in the hand.I'm not using any muscles to place my fingers and thumbs in the positions they are in.
The amount of effort needed to move the left analogue stick from right to left,is pretty big compaired to the xbox one.I'm not saying its hard to do it on the PS pad,just that its more difficult to do.
The amount of effort needed to move the left analogue stick from right to left,is pretty big compaired to the xbox one.I'm not saying its hard to do it on the PS pad,just that its more difficult to do.
It's hard to say a controller that's been superceeded twice in the first twelve months (once by the second version of the Six-Axis and again with the DS3) and has had trigger adapters made for it which have proved very popular, is a good controller.