360 controller or ps3? or a good controller for pc?

to play games like skyrim,mw3,battlefield3, etc.


im not sure how u set them up anyways, but i want to know if i can and witch would be a better controller to get.

 

Depends on how big your hands are and how comfortable are you with the two. I like the Xbox one since I got big hands and it's pretty much plug and play because it's from Microsoft.

 

In terms of overall comfort, I prefer the Xbox 360 controller. The placement of the analog sticks is just more...natural, I guess?

I have no idea what games support them, but there are third party programs that will let you use a controller by emulating a mouse, even if the game itself doesn't have controller support.

That said, if you plan on playing any multiplayer in BF3 at all, forget about a controller. You will get destroyed without a mouse and keyboard. It's fine for a single-player game like Skyrim, though.

 

I would say 360 controller because most games recognize it as plug and play, you only need to get the driver through windows update after plugging it in for the first time. I wouldn't use it for first persons though as Mastershroom said, you'll get destroyed in multiplayer.

 

how active online are battlefield 3 and modern warfarfe 3?

what makes using mouse keyboard so good for pc games?
im not like 100% good with mouse n controller

 

You cannot react as fast with a controller which means that by the time you'll have your line of sight on the guy with a controller, he'll already be shooting bullets straight at you. Same goes for movement, because changing the direction you're looking at with the mouse can be done faster. The mouse is also overall more precise and there is no auto-aim on pc as far as i know and that is on by default on console shooters.

 

Xbox 360 paddles wear out much much quicker than the PS3 controller. I have big hands as well, but I still prefer the PS3 controller.

 

I agree with Mastershroom, I've had both PS and Xbox controllers and by far Xbox is much more comfortable, however it would help if the thickness was reduced a bit. And yes it does kinda suck that they wear out pretty quickly, but the softness is more appealing. I also like having the chat-pad in for more weight for some reason.

 

360 is more plug and play and I find its layout works better for more games (the analog stick location is bad for some games with PS3 controller) but both are nice to have.

 

i agree 360 but its all up too you. I ahev friends that love the ps3 and hate the 360 controller. I also liked the original xbox ones with the grips...those were great for my hands but the triggers were crappy. I always broke my brothers controllers with my death grip lol. The triggers would get jammed into the controller lol

 

This imo is the main reason to get a 360 controller, it really is PnP, too much so at times. Like when you fire up Metro 2033 and it defaults to the controller if it's plugged in...

 

I use the wired 360 controller with my computer and I never had any problems. It's plug and play on W7, and with vista it only requires a tiny bit of software to use it (at least that's what I did, vista didn't install the drivers automatically). The 360 controller also seems to be cheaper as well.

The one downside I'll give for the 360 controller is that the D-pad really is horrible to use. I have no idea why microsoft decided to design it that way. It takes a little while to get used to, but after a while you learn to live with it. It's not too much of a problem though, because most games seem to have taken it into account and only make limited use of the D-pad, so it's usually ok.

 

The Xbox 360 Controller should be your first choice, but of course not for Shooters and especially not for Multiplayer-Shooters. Just like the others already said, Keyboard+Mouse set-up will destroy you.
And I think that the D-Pad isn't that horrible. I haven't any issues with it til now.

 

I like the overall feel and layot of the 360 controller more than that of the PS3 controller. I will admit that I'm much more familiar with the former one, so your mileage may vary. The D-pad on the 360 controller is nothing to write home about, but my fingers also tend to get weary after extended use of the bumper buttons on the PS3 controller (R2 & L2). As you may know Microsoft has introduced a special, chrome edition of their controllers. Apart from the obvious color difference (chrome silver, red or blue) they have revised the D-pad. The problem with those is that they're not wired controllers, meaning you would have to buy the wireless receiver to use them on a PC.

Honestly I would just go with the controller that feels the most comfortable in your hands. Even though the PS3 controller requires a bit more work to get up and running, it's not exactly a hard task.

 

I gotta recommend the Xbox 360 controller here.
Dont know what Sony did with the PS3 controller but the R2 & L2 triggers are horrid.
If you gonna copy Microsoft, at least do it right. >_>

 

Get an N64 controller, IMO the best out there

But staying on topic, I would pick a PS3 controller paired with Motioninjoy drivers, the xbox's analog/dpad config feels akward

 

if your going for old school i loved the dreamcast controller...sucks my dreamcast is broken. Me and my bro wanted to play virtual tennis together

 

the xbox 360 controller is much (MUCH) easier to get setup correctly on a PC.

 

i just remember my buddy tried getting his to work and it had to follow some guide and special install thing and yet it didn't even work for some games. I forgot what he had to install but it was like a user created program lol. This was like 1-2 years ago

 

A wired 360 controller is plug it in, run windows update and voilà. It's ridiculously easy.

 

psh wired? get the pc wireless one. Who uses wires...they suck

 

Well, i'm all for wireless on the 360 and my 360's controllers are wireless, but for PC, since i'm close to the monitor, i prefer wired, no batteries running out or anything and the wireless holds no distance advantage in my case either.

 

i just hate the cables...i have so many cables with a laptop and i even have wireless speaker, keyboard, mouse, and 360 controller and wireless printer

 

wheres a good place to buy an..
Wired 360 controller,
wireless 360 controller
ps3 controller

trying to find cheapest right now,

 

i have a wireless 360 controller, and love it. The only issue is that it has a pretty huge dongle to connect to the pc via usb. Is there a better way or do you still have to use this:
?
It is 3" by 1 5/8" and has a 6ft usb cable attached to it. I guess it's fine for a desktop pc where you can hide it somewhere, or for a htpc setup to use from the couch, or if you only use the controller when docked to a usb hub, but for the average laptop user the wireless controller provides no benefit over the wired version.

the advantage of the ps3 controller, though it comes with a catch, is that you can use it over bluetooth, so no need for a huge dongle. If you have a newer integrated bluetooth model, it should work, or you can by a cheap tiny usb bluetooth adapter (the size of a wireless mouse adapter). I really wish microsoft would update their wireless reciever to a tiny usb dongle version as i'm sure the technology today allows for it, but i guess not enough people like me are annoyed enough with the huge dongle to complain.

the catch with using a sixaxis controller over bluetooth is that you can ONLY use that bluetooth adapter with the sixaxis controller, as it replaces the bluetooth driver with a custom one. This means if you plan to use your bluetooth adapter with something else (mouse, keyboard, cellphone, etc), you have to first roll back the driver before you can use that other device. A friend of mine uses his laptop's integrated bluetooth with a wireless mouse and then has a separate tiny dongle he uses for his sixaxis controller.

 

u really need thant dongle..?!

 

After spending the better part of a day trying to get my PS3 controller to work, I gave up and bought this instead. Logitech makes a wireless version called the F710, which doesn't have the huge dongle the 360 controller has.

What I like about the F510 is that it supports both Xinput and DirectInput via a toggle switch on the back of the unit. When set to Xinput, the computer sees it as a 360 controller, even installing those drivers. DirectInput is what many old games used, so if you have a lot of legacy titles, you essentially get 100 percent compatibility. If you use a 360 controller in older games, most of the time, you can't map the triggers to anything, unless you use hacked drivers. With DirectInput mode on the F510/F710, you can.