>>11977186
Of the three yea it did. Especially at the time. The psx controller is as basic as it gets and I love the dpad but picking it up does not feel good at all. And the fact that they revised it and the revision became their standard id say yeah, they knew the og was pretty shitty. The Dreamcast copied the 64 controller so Saturn was outdated and if their next console copied a previous gen’s controller I’d say that yeah, overall especially upon release, the n64 controller was premium. The fact that we STILL can’t get a decent copy of it in 2025 cements it even more. Go online, a beat up og controller for 64 still can go for a decent amount because people are literally trying to repair them themselves because they can’t be replaced (without a major investment). I’ll be testing one of the official wireless switch 64 controllers soon (just need to hook it up) and even that controller I’m told uses a different analogue construction so it may not even be as good as the OG.
TLDR: next gen consoles were copying n64 controller while the other players were busy improving their own controller while 64 was literal perfection for its system.
