Last month I ran a poll asking you, dear TechRadar readers, what your favorite controller of all time was. I included pretty much every first-party controller with thumbsticks I could think of going all the way back to the Nintendo 64.
I would have expected, like any self-respecting gamer, to have seen the likes of the latest Xbox Wireless Controller, DualSense Wireless Controller, or maybe the DualShock 4 at the top of the list. But that didn’t happen.
On the contrary, the original Valve Steam Controller was voted the readers’ favorite controller of all time… yes really. It received 15% of the vote, putting it in first place, while second was taken by the Xbox 360 Wireless Controller with 13%; an older controller, but a great one for now, and for many years to come.
So those are the results the poll ended up kicking out. But here’s the thing: I’m not buying it.
Maybe it was because I saw the title of the article with the Steam Machine controller so sucked in by diehard Steam fans. Or maybe you thought I meant the controller built into the Steam Deck… or many of you are just trolling me.
I like what Valve tried to do with the original Steam controller, but I just can’t believe that people think the weird trackpad-meets-gamepad design it made into people’s favorite controller of all time.
Maybe I should have asked what you think the best controller of all time is instead of favorite – since it can be different things.
So while I’m trying to come up with a new potentially troll-proof poll, why don’t you hop on over to the comments and tell me, honestly, what your favorite controller of all time is, and which of the major players has the best controller right now?
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