Ranking the WORST Controllers of All Time

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  @TheGingerOneNI · 4 years ago

  I was diagnosed with arthritis at 28 years old which limited the movement in a couple of my fingers. Being able to remap the shoulder buttons to the paddles on the Xbox Elite was a massive thing for me. It's not cheap but I never hear people talking about how useful it can be for accessibility.

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  @gregsmith9183 · 4 years ago (edited)

  I loved the 360 controller but hated the D-pad on it. So many times it would not register in the direcftion I pressed or perform multiple presses Also loved the Logitech wireless controller for the original Xbox console. The Wii Remote was great. Just hated the Motion Plus add-on for the original remote. With someone who has fairly small hand it just made it more bulky and difficult to hold in my opinion. Glad they re-released the Wii Remote with the motion plus built in.

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  @vswag · 4 years ago

  Thats crazy bro, my Wii Sensor Bar never broke and still works 13 - 14 years later.

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  @DamoculesGulf · 4 years ago

  I think you guys honestly should have rated the Steam Controller. Yeah, it made some very questionable decisions, but it was ambitious and ended up informing the development and design of the Steam Deck.

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  @deanfranz · 4 years ago (edited)

  Oh, how dare you, Austin. The Duke controller was one of the best, most comfortable controllers for us big-handed gamers. What you said was a tiny-handed slap in the face.

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  @Thundervolt888 · 4 years ago

  I would put the most innovative controllers higher in the list personally because they’re pushing or pushes the gaming industry forward such as the Dreamcast, Nintendo Wii etc.

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  @deejay_n_va · 4 years ago

  Also the DualSense is GOD TIER

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  @anthonygioia4531 · 4 years ago

  I loved the duke controller and greatly missed it when they made the controllers smaller in later years.

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  @supersaber101 · 4 years ago

  Would be nice for Xbox controllers to come with rechargeables but if I had to choose between rechargeable OR replaceable, I'd go replaceable. Nothing worse than a dead integrated battery, need a whole new controller at that point

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  @h0sti1e17 · 4 years ago

  IMO the Elite 2 is S tier. &nbsp;I get the price, but the feel is the best, the adjustable thumbsticks and resistance. &nbsp;The ease of swapping button layouts (especially for games where you can&apos;t change layouts). &nbsp;<br><br>On a side note, while not a controller that comes with a system, the NES Advantage was great.

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  @oaw117 · 4 years ago

  DS3 motion control was actually really cool. In the game infamous. You had a lighting attack you could stear using it. It was rarely used and that made it a great surprise when it was.

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  @CoalitionGaming · 4 years ago (edited)

  Dreamcast controller got done dirty. However, the third party controller market for Dreamcast was awesome and my favorites were the Saturn Astropad (basis for Duke controller imo), the Mad Catz Dream Pad, and the Nyko Dream master controller. Though I also think it&apos;s funny that age and people not being born yet was brought up for the Dreamcast but not the Playstation lol.

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