http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/ Engadget Comments for Ben Heck's PS360: SIXAXIS-stuffed Xbox controller http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/Apr 15th 2007 5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/
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and does it still work with the new 360 keyboard attachment? that would be a lot of fun]]>Apr 15th 2007 6:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/Apr 15th 2007 6:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/Apr 15th 2007 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/Apr 15th 2007 6:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/Apr 16th 2007 7:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/Apr 15th 2007 6:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/Apr 15th 2007 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/Apr 18th 2007 10:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/Apr 15th 2007 9:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/
For my larger hands, the Xbox controller was great to play with for hour upon hour without ever getting cramped.

The 360 controller is a fantastic piece of engineering. I wish SONY could redesign their SIXAXIS like the 360's controller but it won't ever happen.

I think it sucks that this generation's format war is going to see Playstion without the DUAL SHOCK which it basically pioneered...

...in violation of Immersion's copyrights.]]>Apr 15th 2007 7:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/
Wonder which battery it uses...]]>Apr 15th 2007 7:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/Apr 15th 2007 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/Apr 15th 2007 7:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/Apr 15th 2007 8:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/Apr 15th 2007 8:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/Apr 15th 2007 8:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/
Also, the 360 controller is still so fat for my hands. I'm not overweight like the average American, so maybe that's why, but it also feels and looks really cheap.

I will never give up my trusty old PS2 controllers.]]>Apr 15th 2007 9:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/
The reason the analog sticks are in different places on the 360 controller is because most games don't have you using both at the same time. So far, I think the only games that do on the 360 are FPS titles, and not including those I can only think of like 4 that do on the PS2. Personally the way the Xbox controllers do it makes more sense to me, but that's just personal preference; the other way works pretty well too.

Finally, I have to disagree with you on the cheapness thing. I'm usually pretty calm, but I had a particularly angry moment while playing Test Drive Unlimited and totally smashed my 360 controller into my coffee table in a brief fit of rage... The table has a considerable hole in it now but the controller was completely unaffected, not a single scratch. They're very solid, and none of the buttons feel loose like on my PS2 controllers.]]>Apr 16th 2007 4:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/
As far as the buttons, I don't understand how you cannot feel how cheap the 360 buttons are. They feel more like the buttons on a 1980's arcade than a next gen console controller. While on the PS2, it's easy to adjust how hard you're pressing down on the button, the 360 controller is more either pressed entirely down or not. Also, I can't stand the analog stick design on the Xbox. The analog sticks have an indentation in the middle that is supposed to make it easy to control, but in my opinion it makes it harder. I prefer the rounded top of the analog sticks on the PS2 controller.

The PS2/3 controllers are also far lighter than the 360 controllers, and they're smaller and have more buttons. I also prefer the D-pad on the PS2 by far, the D-pad on the 360 and Xbox is just horrible.

As far as games that require both analog sticks, you must not be thinking. The placement of the D-Pad on the 360 suggests that you would use it rather than the left analog stick, but this is never the case, and in most games you use the buttons on the right and the analog stick on the left, meaning the D-Pad and analog stick would make more sense to switch places.

Also, the white and black buttons on the Xbox were always an afterthought, thrown wherever there was room with no thought to useability.]]>Apr 16th 2007 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/Apr 17th 2007 12:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/
A controller can become outdated? I'm sorry, but does evolution change people's hands that much over 7 years?

Fat people have fat everything, including hands. Apparently some fat is in your brain, blocking the logical thinking part from doing any good.]]>Apr 17th 2007 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/
The d-pad is really the only thing the 360 controller needs improvement on(and who really uses that on a daily basis for full control?), the rest is butter. SIXAXIS is kinda awkward, i don't see why they haven't done a minor controller shape change just to improve the ergonomics of it.]]>Apr 15th 2007 9:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/
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dude, last time i checked being fat and big hands didn't have anything to do with each other. as a matter of fact, the fatter you are, the fatter your fingers are, and the harder it would be to get your hands around a controller. Just cause someone has small hands...

As for it being cheap, i feel that it's the most solid controller i have ever used, it very well balanced, and it's taken a drop onto my tile floor a dozen or so times without even a scratch or the battery falling off. i would say the same thing for the PS2 controllers, but they are lighter and feel like they don't weigh enough to take damage from a fall.
As for the SIXAXIS, the plastic on it just feels really cheap, even though i like the button resistance better,and it has a more satisfying click, but is harder to get a partial(lighter) button press that some games require. I just like how i can use my finger tip for button presses on the 360 controller rather than the base or center of my finger since the buttons are closer.

Of course this is all based on hand size, since someone with smaller hands would be able to push the SIXAXIS buttons the same way i press the 360 buttons, so i guess your view is just as subjective as mine. It also makes sense when you think about it though, since PS3 is made by Sony, who has traditionally catered to the japanese who have on average smaller hands than americans.
I just kinda wish these companies would make more than one size controller, i mean look at NBA players who can easily palm a basketball, there is NO WAY they can hold a controller as confortably as the average person.
But i guess i would prefer Sony crank out some more(good) games first before they focus on the controller issues again....]]>Apr 15th 2007 10:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/Apr 15th 2007 10:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/Apr 17th 2007 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/The PS3's battery is ALOT better than the crappy one that the Xbox360 offers, since even the smallest shock can shut off the 360 controller! Rumble? I never use it! for the whole time i've had my xbox360, rumble was turned off. It's just a generic battery waisting novelty that is annoying, Why is it such a big deal!?



Anyway, I can see this being something cool for those who are used to the xbox360 controller, hopefully the facebuttons, including the d-pad, are still touch sensitive!]]>Apr 16th 2007 3:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/
I've never seen rumble shut off the controller, that's pretty weird. Is the battery just loose on that particular controller...?]]>Apr 16th 2007 3:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/Apr 17th 2007 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/
Anyone who prefers the PS2/3 controller has never used a 360 controller for more then a day. If I could get a hold of one of these controller mods, I just might want to check out the ps3 in 2 years when it has some games for it.]]>Apr 16th 2007 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/Apr 16th 2007 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/Apr 16th 2007 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/Apr 16th 2007 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/
You obviously have no experience with English, buddy.]]>Apr 16th 2007 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ben-hecks-ps360-sixaxis-stuffed-xbox-controller/
The triggers are hypersensitive...even setting down the controller can set them off. Fingers easily slip off them since they aren't trigger-shaped. You also cannot rest your fingers on them comfortably without accidentally hitting them either. Try tossing the controller on the couch after starting a Blu-ray movie. Instant FF/RW. It's annoying.

The 360 controller has solid triggers and buttons that response as expected. Again the d-pad is the exception; but it's easy to fix with a thin pad underneath.

I have a Chinese rip off DUALSHOCK controller from ebay, and the SIXAXIS feels exactly like it. The 360 controller is definitely more solid; it can take abuse. And the controllers never disconnect or need to be resynchronized just because an update occurred.

I think the symmetrical design of the Playstation controller needs to be sunsetted as well. Several years ago, most games used the d-pad so having your thumbs rest symmetrically made sense. Now that analog sticks are much more prevalent and the d-pad is now just a hot-key button (think FPS, God of War, Final Fantasy, or even racing games), it needs to be put in a lesser used spot. Not to mention symmetrical analogs cause "thumb bumping" when moving right and looking left.

This mod simply makes sense.]]>Apr 17th 2007 3:06AM