The Great Joystick Debate

[TamagotchiTamaHero24's icon TamagotchiTamaHero24 TamagotchiTamaHero24]

I’m aware there’s already a thread called this, but that’s about ball vs bat sticks. That’s a big debate in itself, but the debate I want here is about how we prefer our sticks to FEEL. There’s no right answer, so stay a while and have fun!

 

[SoThankful]

The N64/GameCube sticks are legendary. I would like to try the Neo Geo Pocket sometime.

 

[RETRO-VETRO RETRO-VETRO]

NOTCHED STICK!

 

[TruxtonTatsujin TruxtonTatsujin]

Clicky sticks are all digital, but I'll still take a good arcade style stick over any analog ones. Playing games on an arcade stick just feels best.

 

[SliperyHippo]

While I don't think the pad sticks are "the best feeling - most accurate" sticks, I think they're a really cool way to reduce the footprint of older portable devices that I think we've lost in the age of the steam deck and ROG Ally and I wouldn't mind if a new portable came out that retained this older design.

 

[bjork]

You haven't truly played video games until you've experience the condom-free Atari skeleton

 

[Dyne]

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You haven't truly played video games until you've experience the condom-free Atari skeleton

How lewd!

 

[Poppet]

There is something very satisfying to the notched controller, I think is the tiny clack-clack-clack noise it makes when you move it around.

Arcade sticks also feel stupidly amazing, I like the force it needs lol

 

[PhrawzT]

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You haven't truly played video games until you've experience the condom-free Atari skeleton

That's all I had growing up as my dog chewed my original Atari controllers.