My take on xbox 360 controller and fighting games (and T&A)

[MrPopo]

I hope you guys really read my post. Like I said, you can actually become good at using the 360 controller. It just requires a bit of practice and a bit of time.

I do, however, play on sticks.

Of course we did - having to practice the use of a dpad suggests the quality of said dpad. It should feel natural and responsive (like the Saturn's) and not require anything more than that.

Exactly. Just because you can get good on a bad input method doesn't suddenly make it good. It's just like how you can get good at dual analog, but mouse and keyboard is still better for twitch FPS.

[dunpeal2064]

I didn't have to "get good" with the 360 controller, and I use it primarily to play Bullet Hell shooters, which require pretty precice movement in all directions, in slow taps and large sweeps.

Imo its far better than any Sony or Nintendo D-Pad, at least as far as shmups are concerned.

I have never tried to play fighters with it though, so I don't know how good it is at recognizing quarter-circles and such.