PS3 Controller - Can you get use it after a 360 controller

Got both xbox360 and ps3 since release and i feel that they are both the same after using them for so long. Can jump from console to console without feeling like the different controllers are a problem. (never did in the first place to be honest)
 
Prefer the PS3 pad but have no problems using the 360 pad so I'd say it's easy to change between the 2, except for beat 'em ups I just can't use the 360 pad for those at all.
 
DreXeL said:
Yep, that's the one I use. It's not perfect and not up to the standards of the 360 controller (the triggers are still too small, but at least they curve the right way so your fingers don't slip off), but it's a million times better than the PS3 controller. The only real downside for me is the ugly dongle that has to hang out of the front of the PS3.
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I bought one of them but for shooters it didnt seem quite right might have been the deadzones as people talk about .
 
Hate the PS3 controller with a passion.

Have both 360 and PS3. Use 360 for FPS's and PS3 with my G25 for racing games.

Same problem as others have stated in the thread that I haven't found a good alternative yet. Have KillZone 2 waiting to be played with a good controller :(

Saying that, for some reason I was fine playing Drakes Fortune (1 and 2) with the PS3 controller. Think I managed to get over it just because it's such a fantastic game.

Still annoyed the hell out of me though. Who in their right mind designs thumb sticks with convex tops and triggers with slope the wrong way?!
 
I do prefer the PS3 pad, but I don't use a 360 all that much anymore so maybe a little biased.

I'd like to see a track ball on controllers to be honest, that would make aiming on FPS'ers much more to the likes of using a mouse on a PC. But because they don't have anything like this, I hate playing FPS games on consoles due to the shoddy joystick aiming.
 
DirtyRaver said:
I keep meaning to buy one of these, Power A Elite, but after 3 years I'm quite used to the sixaxis:

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£24.99 from your local catalogue retailer.
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i had one and took it back. awful controller with laggy analogue sticks. no good at all if you like fps
 
I use the A Power myself (only play Fifa11 and GT5) and have had zero issues with it, also picked myself up a little adaptor that lets you plug in and use a proper Xbox controller (wired version only).
 
Got the Power A in an attempt to use my PS3 more, even bought RDR for it instead of 360. Got to Mexico :D Need to got back and play more, beats my last attempts of 2 hours on KZ2 and 15 minutes of Demon's Souls with the PS3 controller, awful thing.
 
Drunzer said:
Prefer the PS3 pad but have no problems using the 360 pad so I'd say it's easy to change between the 2, except for beat 'em ups I just can't use the 360 pad for those at all.
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Same here, I don't mind the 360 pad, I just prefer using a DS3.
 
I have man-sized hands so the PS3 pad is horrible for me. They also have really idiotic thumbstick placement and the tool who designed convex triggers needs to be shot.
 
Nismo said:
I can't get used to the DS3, which is bizarre considering how much time I spent with the original PS/PS2 pads. Perhaps it's because of the way sticks and triggers are used more these days than back then, and the design just sucks for analogue use?

I bought one of those PowerA controllers above, without it I wouldn't have been able to enjoy GT5.
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Analogue was in use just as much in the PS2 era as the PS3.
 
I only get PS3 exclusive games for the PS3. If the game is also available on the 360 then that's what I buy purely because I prefer the 360 controller.
 
When I've got some more money I'm going to pair this with a Razer Onza. Not sure whether it will work but I'll look into it more before I buy.
 
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I really do not mind the PS3 controller, providing they have those clip on triggers, and it's a Dual Shock. The sixaxis was too light.

I have large hands too and it's fine for me. For FPS's / driving games / Fifa etc I'd give it a 7/10 whereas I'd give the 360 controller a 10/10

For beat-em ups or any games that prefer the digital pad, I'd give the 360 a 2/10 and the PS3 controller an 8/10.

I do not own that new 360 controller with the improved d-pad though. I won't bother either. Since if its a 360 / ps3 game that's designed for a d-pad, I'll use my stick instead.
 
I'm not retarded, so I can use both fine.

I don't exactly have small hands, so I can only imagine people mut be screwing their hands uber tight around the PS3 controller and complaining. It shouldnt even be in your palms, just each end resting at the base of your fingers..
 
Clarkson said:
I'm not retarded, so I can use both fine.
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Makes me wonder how so many of us managed to type replies in here then, for all the dribble on our keyboards ;)

The design of the PS pad has always been flawed ever since they bolted analogue sticks to it in the only place they could, to quickly compete with the N64. Sony has just been too stubborn to change the design ever since probably because, to be fair to them, the design has become iconic. I'm not sure how anyone can argue that the design of the DS3 thumbsticks and analogue triggers are "good" though, they just defy common-sense ergonomics, almost as though they got the moulds the wrong way around :p

These days there are much better controller designs which highlight its flaws, if the 360 didn't exist I doubt anyone would be complaining about the pads.
 
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