The triggers on the Xbox 360 controller were great for the time: with progressive pressure detection, they also felt good to use. On the Xbox One Controller, the new design is absolutely better: we now have very distinct pressure points for each direction, and the surface falls down towards the center to ensure you know exactly where you fingers are even without looking. If there is one thing that sucked with the Xbox 360 controller, it was certainly the D-pad: it was just a single piece of flat plastic with very directional quality, and it felt subpar. On the Xbox One controller, same concept, but they somehow managed to make the battery compartment fit completely within the shell of the pad.
It uses 2 AA batteries, which is a great solution when you need to swap them to continue playing: you don’t need to wait one hour for your gamepad to charge some proprietary battery. There was nothing wrong with the Xbox 360 battery compartment. I don’t have a strong opinion whether it’s better or not either way. I compared hand in hand and the Xbox360 controller needs a stronger pressure to activate the click than the Xbox One controller (and quite noticeably so). How about pressure-clicks? Both controllers let you use the sticks as additional buttons – while it is not widely used in games, there are some titles that work with it. They are also a little bit smaller on the Xbox One controller, in diameter. I can however say that the Xbox One’s are likely going to be more robust over time because of the material chosen. I’m not sure which ones I prefer: they are both usable. On the Xbox One’s, we get hard sticks with a non-soft surface (as there are some kind of dents around the diameter of the stick). On the Xbox 360 it uses some kind of soft plastic, which unfortunately tends to get damaged over the years (pieces falling apart). It seems to me that on the Xbox 360 you need a little more pressure in each direction to move them away from the rest position.
The analog sticks feel different between the Xbox 360 controller and the Xbox One’s. I think the pictures speak for themselves. The Xbox 360 controller looks like a Fisher Price toy in comparison to its newer version. Of course, fashion comes and go, and it was clear that the trend of early 2000s to make everything as round as possible was sooner or later going to make place for a more balanced approach between curves and straight lines. Looksįirst, appearance-wise, the Xbox One Controller looks so much better. Almost everything was kept, but improved in subtle ways. And last but not least, it feels great in hands.Īnd in many ways, the newer Xbox One controller is a direct improvement of the older Xbox 360 controller design. It also uses a proprietary wireless connection that has less latency than other protocols like Bluetooth. The Xbox 360 gamepad is a reference for many good reasons: robust, battle-tested, and with enough buttons to cover most of the use cases of modern games.
#XBOX 360 CONTROLLER VS XBOX ONE CONTROLLER FOR PC PC#
I have been a fan of the Xbox 360 gamepad since I purchased my first Xbox 360 (I ended up having several Xboxes because of the RROD) back in 2007 – and then started using it on PC not long afterwards. This article is mostly aimed at people who are still using the original Xbox 360 gamepad. Long story short, you don’t really have to worry about it. I had tried it before in trade shows but I was always a little weary about the Linux compatibility. And a Steam Controller, of course! Recently, I decided to purchase an Xbox One Controller. At home, I am mainly using Xbox360 gamepads (I must have 5 of them) and a Dual Shock 4 with my Linux PCs.
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