9th May 2005, 7:58 AM
Since I haven't touched my regular Xbox controller in a long time, I decided to go back and played around with it for a bit. My conclusion is that the buttons placement on the original controller is worse, much worse. Not only are the A/B/X/Y buttons to close together, they are also too close to the right analog stick. Also the Black/White/Start/Select buttons are actually FARTHER AWAY FROM YOUR THUMBS than on the Controller-S and take longer to get to as well as adding more stress to your hands to get to them. With the Controller-S you merely have to shift your thumbs slightly to reach them, with the original controller you have to shift your entire hand.
Sometimes you get the scorpion.