I have played the Xbox 360

[A Black Falcon]

If the placement is corrent, then the middle finger on the shoulder buttons will feel fine after you get used to it.

Oh, you get used to it, but it never feels as natural as a real trigger button does...

Yeah though, it's a little odd considering just how confy the old Sidewinder is.

Exactly my point.

At the very least, there's finally a decent PC controller since that one, one that isn't SUPER GLUED together with analog stick dead zones. Yes, that's right, they use the dead zone itself as the glue.

I like my Saitek p880, but it does have the flaw that the analog sticks are very loose (psx-style I guess, I don't know) and, annoyingly, are in square wells with the points on the diagonals... oh well, it's still the best dual-analog PC gamepad I've seen. This one is pretty good though... but the (rumbleless, but most PC games don't really support rumble anyway...) p880 is $20, and this is like $40. A bit overpriced as far as PC gamepads go... I've bought several and don't think any cost that much... joysticks, yes... but gamepads?