Tried a joystick with PS, hated it. It's damn near impossible to configure right and it sure as hell doesn't feel right.
As for as joysticks go I had a MS Sidewinder Pro up until a few days ago. I reinstalled Mechwarrior 4+Black Knight+Mercenaries and found out my throttle would no longer work on my joystick due to something being wrong with the joystick or XP just not working with it. So I did some research and went shopping. Ended up with a Sidewinder Force Feedback 2. So far I love it.
I'm not a big fan of force feedback in general but the performance of the stick thus far has been flawless. The real kicker for me however is the thing weighs at least five or six pounds and has a nice large base on it.
I looked at other joysticks but for the most part they all seemed to have no appreciable weight and no base to speak of which would drive me nuts. I'm not one who plays with a joystick on the desk because quite frankly that feels akward to me. I generally sit it on my right knee (just about always sit crosslegged or with one legged tucked up in my computer chair).
My only real complaint is the buttons on the top of the stick. The trigger is fine as are the base buttons but the ones up on top (the hat and other secondary buttons) have too much wiggle to them. I prefer the buttons on my controllers to not be able to move at all unless I'm moving them intentionally but every other stick I looked at was even worse, most with loose trigers which is something I can't stand at all.
Overall though best stick I've ever owned. Now if they'd just come out with some new games for me to use it with. /em crosses fingers for another X-wing/TIE Fighter game
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