Xbox Controller S-Black

That being said, this is definitly the best xbox controller I've seen. Unlike the original xbox controller this one is easier to hold and it isn't ungainly and has no hard-to-reach buttons. the one change for the worse that I can find personally though is that the black and white buttons have been moved from above the main analog buttons (A, B, X, & Y) to below them. while some may consider this an improvement, I dislike for one main reason, that's that I am continually pressing the black and white buttons by accident as well as the a and b buttons.


The Best the XBox Has to Offer, Still Not a Great Controller   October 7, 2004
Coding Genius (Wisconsin)
9 out of 15 found this review helpful

My hands certainly aren't baby-sized, but the D controller is just too large (one industry reviewer has called the D the "hamburger" controller).

I own 2 S controllers, and they've been able to handle a lot of playing (10 hours per week for over a year) with no problems to my hands or to the controllers themselves. They still work perfectly, and the analog sticks are as sensitive as ever.

Compared to the 2 other consoles, the S controller is still very large, but it is a vast improvement over its predecessor


Takes a licking and keeps on ticking   August 25, 2005
Smyrna T. Y. Brewley (British Virgin Islands)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful

After buying the cheaper no brand controllers and having them last less than a month i finally invested in the real controller. I was not disappointed because my 4 year old is very tempermental so whenever he loses which is very often he slams the controller to the floor. I am happy to say that after months of this abuse the controller is still hanging in tough and working 100%.


I miss the original controllers   April 5, 2004
Rich (Seatte, WA)
7 out of 13 found this review helpful

I have been playing the Xbox longer than probably anyone else who has written a review here. I started playing as an alpha tester about 5 months before they hit the retail shelves. The primary focus of the group I was in was the development and testing of the controllers.

We were given a handful of games (none of them completed yet) and several different controllers (the S and D controllers among them) and were instructed to play for a while. Just to keep it fair we had to use a different conroller everytime we started a different game and would rotate games and controllers every 45 minutes or so.

After we had used all of the controllers in all of the games, we all had measurements taken of our hands and then were asked to write a review of the controller we liked best any why.

The D and S controllers were ahed by a wide margin and the other designs were scrapped as far as I know. The D controller was liked buy about twice as many people as the S so it was decided that it would be packaged with the Xbox when it was finally released. The S controller was still prefered by many, so it was available as an option to buy separately. I like the S controller, but I love the D controller much more and will always choose it if I have a choice.

I can't understand why Microsoft would stop making the D controller as it is the preferred controller of almost everyone who I play with. There are several stores in my area that still carry the D controllers and the sales people tell me that they sell as good if not better than the S controllers. I think it is a huge mistake for Microsoft to only offer the S controller and take the choice away from everyone else. This is why I cannot recommend this product and would advise you to either seek out a store that still sells D controllers, or find a 3rd party brand that you like.


The coolest looking controller out there.   August 23, 2004
A.N. Roman (Hillsboro, OR)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful

Since this is the same as the blue S controller, I'll just copy/paste my review for that for the most part.

I'm not going to compare this to the other system controllers out there, as they're all good in their own right. But this Controller S is very comfortable. I got my Xbox yesterday a few months ago I just don't get what everyone's problem is with holding this. All the buttons are where they sould be. The 'start' and 'back' buttons are easily accessable, as are the white and black ones. Not to diss on the original controller, but I like this model better, as the Xbox logo doesn't take up so much space.

Unlike previous system controllers (ie- the N64), my hands weren't sore or cramped after playing. You shouldn't have any problem when using this model, or the original one. A nice addition is that the cord is seperated into two parts. The first part connects to the controller port in the Xbox console, which connects to the rest of the cord leading to the actual controller. This makes it so that if you trip over the cord at all, it'll seperate and not screw up the game at all (a menu will pop up, pausing the game, stating that the controller isn't plugged in properly). More companies need to start using this system, it'd save a lot of stress on gamers.

So get an extra one of these, or one if all you have is the first version of the Xbox controller. But, because this is green, it's the best one. Because green, is faster. I mean, lookit that picture of it. It's orgasmatastic.