Xbox Controller, 16th Dumbest Moment in Gaming History

[Stonecutter]

Originally Posted by The Strangler

I like the Gamecube controller if the Z button is not necessary, but if you need to use the Z button it sucks. I had to go out and buy the Mad Cats controller because I would have had to take Yoga to hit the Z button on the normal controller. Very poor design where that button is concerned.

I still like the XBox controller, and I think most people wouldn't mind it if they gave it some time and let their hands get used to it.

Agreed. The Z button is horrid, and why isn't there one on the left side.

The C stick and D pad are quite awful too.

Other than that it's a good controller.

[Shadow_Link]

Yep, there should have been two Z-buttons. I still reckon the black and white buttons on the Xbox controller (both the S and normal) are around as awkward to press as the Z button, but none of those buttons are as badly placed as people make them out to be.

In the Z-buttons case, very rarely do the R and Z button have to be pressed at the same time, so I just use my index finger for both buttons (though I rest it on the R button all the time). You just have to stretch you finger back, but just as much as you have to strech your thumb up/down for the black and white buttons on the normal/S controller.

Another thing that should have been on the GC controller were the clickable analogue sticks, which should also be tougher to press on the DS2/Xbox controllers.