Worst D-pad ever?

[qlum]

gc the rest of the controller is great

 

[The Teej]

Moved to General Consoles

 

[Tanas]

Hands-down, the Xbox 360 has absolutely the worst D-pad on any gaming controller.

The xbox 360 controller can do diagonals unlike the PSP Phats, so how can it be the worst? second worst maybe.

At least the PSP pad you know for sure that when you press up, up is whats going to happen. With the 360 D-pad, you have no idea. It's ok if you like surprises I guess, but personally I like my d-pads to be functional.

I wouldn't call a DPAD that can't do diagonals functional.

 

[yuyuyup]

I destroyed 2 lite d-pads (the rubber underneath)

 

[elfsander]

I like the GC's DPad. I didn't like the PSP D-pad. (That's one of the reasons why I don't have a PSP)

 

[Louisiana]

Xbox, Xbox 360 and all handhelds

 

[Lumstar]

Gamecube is remarkably bad. PSP can be, depending on its function in the game.

I also dislike pretty much any Sega d-pad ever. Sorry fanboys out there, you're dead wrong about it.

 

[bolex17]

GC D-Pad !!

 

[Whizz]

XBOX 360 if I have to pick one. That one really sucks.

Have to disagree on the PSP having the worst D-pad ever, I use it quite a lot on emulated games (SNES, GEN etc.) and I hardly have any problems with it. Not the best, but definately not the worst.

 

[laminaatplaat]

Xbox 360 one blows balls.
And the NGC pad was soo bad that with the game Mortal Combat Deadly Alliance, it wasn't even playable because you could only use the d-pad... not analoge stick :S

DS one kinda bad too actually

 

[CockroachMan]

GC and 360 are both pretty bad.. can't decide which is the worst..

 

[jalaneme]

psp slim is quite poor for fighters and gameboy games,
xbox is terrible for fighters, so much so my poor controller gets a beating from my boyfriend's fist. (analogue sticks are fine though)
gamecube very tiny small d pad is not bad as i have small hands anyway but yeah it can be quite bad as it gives you cramps.
the old gba d pad is bad aswell as it gave me cramps when i played on it.
the graphite gba sp d pad pushes right in and i can't even play killer instinct on it as the d pad is so bad.
the n73 analogue stick is terrible for mobile phones games, seriously.

And the NGC pad was soo bad that with the game Mortal Combat Deadly Alliance, it wasn't even playable because you could only use the d-pad... not analoge stick :S

NGC pad is ok when i am playing mega collection on the gamecube with it, 3D fighters are another story though, i can't play 3D games with D pad anyway.

 

[MADKATZ99]

GC and GBA had exactly the same Dpad; unless it's just my cheap 3rd party GC pad

The DS lites Dpad was extemely weak, I know of a few people who went through atleast 3 DS lites from screwed Dpad's due to mario kart

whereas DS phats Dpad ussually exceeds the life of the shoulder buttons..

Megadrive D-pad imo is the best... nice and big... perfect for street fight'n!

 

[X D D X]

I hate the Wii remote's D-Pad. I like the DS one even though it's the same as the Wii's one but it hurts after a while.

 

[Blackiris]

I seriously dare people to try doing consistent Hadoukens/Power Waves with the DS Lite's pad. XD

 

[BORTZ]

Sony playstation 1. terrible on my hands.