All of a sudden the DualSense Edge is looking pretty good value, on the basis it also includes everything on the basic DualSense, unlike monstrosities like this Razor effort.

All that rumble kills your battery and most pro players turn it off because its annoying.

@SyntheticForm. The controller doesn't just bad but it looks 'unwholesome', morally wrong! 🤣

I prefer the PS5 controller to Xbox minus the stick positions and built-in battery.

I find the offset stick position far more comfortable for long gaming sessions. Also find it gives me more control for first person games. But that's also personal preference, so people will differ.

I'll use offset thumbsticks when I have offset thumbs , it makes no sense to have them that way at all. The only reason they are like that on xbox is because they couldn't copy Sony, there is no ergonomic reason for it.

@1981... that's not why, at all. The introduction of movement in a 3d space dominated the control scheme at the time. Making 2d controls less of a primary input method. Hence the shift of the dpad in the first position to the second position and the analog stick took first position.

It had nothing to do with copying sony and more to do with comfort and control. you can tell the shift was wide spread as the likes of Sega and nintendo also moved the left analog into first position and the dpad into second. Sony stuck to using their existing design because they already had everything molded to use that layout. only changing the internals of the board while keeping the exterior the same (sans for a few cosmetic tweaks).

Many had wondered why Sony even chose to put the stick in the lower center in the first place. Again it comes down to the molds and tooling. it was easier to use the unused space in the center than to move things around. It just made sense as the easiest way to add analog support to existing 2d based controller designs. Like the saying goes, if it aint broke... why fix it.

yes but they dont do the same things in a game. one thumb is controlling movement the other the buttons for interacting with various items. Even in an FPS where you control movement and camera you will find your left is most always on that stick while the right is switching between the camera and the face buttons.

About the only games where symmetrical control makes the most sense is a twin stick shooter (ex: geometry wars). left is movement and right is fire. As you move around in multiple directions while firing in multiple directions.

@darthv72
So you're trying to say that shooters use the buttons more than the right stick?
I rarely use anything else than both thumbsticks, L3, R3, L1, L2, R1 and R2 while playing shooters or first person games.

To be frank, most games I can think of right now, use the right analog stick more than the buttons.

With that said, I am fond of both my Xbox Elite controller ans DualSense controllers, even thou I prefer DualSense.

But saying only twin stick shooters benefit of symmerrical placed analog sticks is a far stretch.

@nino... no Im saying that comparatively the left thumb hardly ever leaves the stick in an FPS while the right trades off between controlling camera and interacting with the face buttons. It all depends on the game and how you play.

I just remember playing Killer Instinct on the X1 at my friends house. Played for about an hour and got a blister on my thumb from it. I've never gotten a blister in roughly 20 years of gaming. Couldn't believe it, especially since that was around the time I used to religiously play Blazblue. I'd spend 5-6 hours some nights without a break training on there with a Dualshock controller. Never had an issue like I did on Xbox controllers. Same goes for Nintendo though. Theirs are horrible as well...

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse