>>714861185 (OP)
Mouse and keyboard is near the top.
Using suitable controllers for the game (flightstick, fightstick, wheel, 2D gamepad) can be good.
VR is just a monitor replacement, but 8th gen controllers (what people typically refer to as VR controllers) are pretty good.
Using "modern" controllers (5th gen controllers) is second from the bottom.
Touchscreen slop is at the absolute rock bottom.
>>714862767
There was a massive marketing campaign during 7th gen to gaslight PC players into switching over to Xbox controllers and there was also a massive wave of multiplats with completely butchered controls that were only even vaguely functional on whatever the port was targeting.
>>714863619
>more comfortable and ergonomic than keyboard
Nah.
>doesn't require a surface to lay on/use
It still requires you to awkwardly hold your hands together unless its a split controller.
>isn't cluttered with buttons that are useless to whatever game you're playing
Controllers don"t have enough buttons yet are simultaneously cluttered with useless buttons, I don"t even understand how they accomplished it.