I've been gaming on my PC forever, rarely had any console because I much preferred Keyboard and Mouse - except when it came to Driving Games, Fighting Games or Sports Games (Fifa, NBA etc.).
In the 90's I had some weird little Nintendo rip-off looking white plastic controller which connected via a serial port, which was great as we could connect two so me and my brother could whoop each other on Virtua Fighter!
Later on in the 90's we both got Microsoft SideWinders, although later my brother bought a SideWinder Freestyle Pro (which you tilted to control acceleration or whatever you wanted I guess). These lasted quite a number of years until the Xbox 360 came out and we started using Xbox 360 controllers on the PC.
2 days ago my 360 pad finally gave in, the L1 button simply stuck down and I couldn't be bothered to try and fix it so I jumped out to PC world to grab a Controller from the latest Xbox (one?).
When I mentioned to the guy (actually, more like a kid, although perhaps he was in his 20's, who knows - I'm old and can't tell anymore) that my 360 pad finally died he looked flabbergasted at the mere mention of using a 360 pad still, but to be fair it had served me very well, and in that moment I realised how incredibly old and outdated I am as an ageing family man
Either way, this new Xbox one (?) controller is pretty sweet, if not pretty much exactly the same as the 360 controller it replaced
What is the preferred controller for PC's these days for you youth? (apart from keyboard and mouse, obvs)
In the 90's I had some weird little Nintendo rip-off looking white plastic controller which connected via a serial port, which was great as we could connect two so me and my brother could whoop each other on Virtua Fighter!
Later on in the 90's we both got Microsoft SideWinders, although later my brother bought a SideWinder Freestyle Pro (which you tilted to control acceleration or whatever you wanted I guess). These lasted quite a number of years until the Xbox 360 came out and we started using Xbox 360 controllers on the PC.
2 days ago my 360 pad finally gave in, the L1 button simply stuck down and I couldn't be bothered to try and fix it so I jumped out to PC world to grab a Controller from the latest Xbox (one?).
When I mentioned to the guy (actually, more like a kid, although perhaps he was in his 20's, who knows - I'm old and can't tell anymore) that my 360 pad finally died he looked flabbergasted at the mere mention of using a 360 pad still, but to be fair it had served me very well, and in that moment I realised how incredibly old and outdated I am as an ageing family man
Either way, this new Xbox one (?) controller is pretty sweet, if not pretty much exactly the same as the 360 controller it replaced
What is the preferred controller for PC's these days for you youth? (apart from keyboard and mouse, obvs)
