Best Controller for PC gaming

[JackDoyne]

buying a new controller what's the best?

[Princess Luna]

honestly I just got a 5 dollars generic usb gamepad that looks like ps2 controllers and I find it more than good enough
was considering using my old x360 controller but the adapter was too expensive... took me a day to get used to it, and after adjusting sensitive on game it always serves fine.

 

where I am going with this is that it probably hardly matters, both are great, if I had chose I would still pick microsoft because it is a tad more comfortable being bigger and all.

[NTDaws]

Prefer a Wired Xbox 360/One controller. Since I have big hands specifically.

[Mooshi]

Depends on the games you play. If mostly steam, Xbox One controller. If retro, anything from 8bitdo that matches the console. 

[JackDoyne]

it's for playing games like GTA 5 CoD zombies the occasional match of FIFA and Rocket league 

[Dash Lambda]

None of the above. The only controller I can stand to use is the Steam Controller.

Playstation and Xbox controllers have their place, sure, but I don't understand how people can use them outside of a very specific set of genres.

[Klefth]

23 hours ago, Dash Lambda said:

Playstation and Xbox controllers have their place, sure, but I don't understand how people can use them outside of a very specific set of genres.

I'd say that about the Steam controller, personally. It's just a weird thing in between a controller and mouse control that, at the end of the day, can't either play games that are controller optimized for controllers as well as a controller with a traditional layout can because it lacks a D-pad and the button placement is really awkward (hitting the X button, for example, is like hitting pause on a Dreamcast pad because it's almost on the lower center of the controller...), not to mention the build quality is anything but confidence-inspiring, and it can't do mouse control as well as an actual mouse can either; it's literally the jack of all trades, master of none of controllers. Plus you have to go through an experience not much unlike the days of Xpadder to configure the thing.

 

My personal recommendation would be to go with whichever layout between Xbox or PS you're most used to; those are the most solid traditional pads out there.

My go-to pad is the Dualshock 4 since I'm most used to PS controllers, plus it has much more functionality than the Xbox pads thanks to programs like DS4Windows or InputMapper.