Which PC-compatible gaming controller do you recommend for me? (Asking Again / Tulpa GA)

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Dec. 15, 2017 (Now with free pie (Animal Lover, ChargeShot, and Fermi's Path giveaways))
Alright, back at it again. Seems like I'm getting more and more controller-only/controller-specialized games in my library, so I'm itchin' to get a new controller (as the last 360 I had arrived defective and finished breaking itself fairly quickly). Figured I'd check in with you all again first. ^.^

Currently I'm heavily favoring the Logitech F310, though this off-brand 360 has cheap 3/4 year warranty plans through Amazon, so at $20 total it feels like it'd be an acceptable gamble (despite its sparsity of reviews).

I missed the Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales on the Dual Shock 4, and I'm a bit loathe to pick this over the Logitech F310, without a clear indication that Dual Shock 4s have the performance and durability to warrant having three times the price of the Logitech.

Official 360 wired controllers seem to be going off the market (I can't find a single online store with stock, other than a small handful who indicate they're shipping from a dubious source out of China), and honestly, I don't want to go with one again anyway (it's what I picked after this thread, originally), as the D-Pad was as much of a concern as people noted it'd be, and the controller started having issues fairly early on (meaning there's no appreciable reason not to just go off-brand).

The Steam Controller looks promising, but I haven't heard if early durability considerations were ever addressed, and the price tag is still a bit intimidating, especially considering that the DS4 is in the same price range, and generally better considered.

I prefer wired controllers, and I prefer cheaper controllers, so generally wireless controllers aren't a feasible recommendation for me.
My top budget'd be $60 (but you'd have to convince me the controller is worth paying 4 times the cost of the low-end ones ;P). So far, there's only One controller in that range that I'm rejecting outright.

Update: Ended up ordering a Dualshock 4. Thanks to everyone who helped out!
Leaving the thread active a while longer so the giveaway can get more entrants. ^.^

Original July 6, 2016 post below:

I finally worked through the Windows Update bugs [thanks to a 3rd party site that offers their own downloader for when Windows Update (apparently rather frequently) breaks] and got my new rig up, running, and updated to Windows 10.
(At which point I promptly queued up exactly 30 games to install on steam, because obviously.)

Aaaaand my controller drivers aren't compatible with 10. :P

Whelp, time to be frivolous with my finances-
Which controller ought I get, and more importantly why do you feel that way?
Also, if there are any downsides, limitations, restrictions, or quirks to a controller, let me know!

Wireless doesn't matter to me. To the contrary, wired is typically preferable.

I already have a clear idea of dualshocks, thus they aren't listed in the poll. :)

A good d-pad is preferable. =O

Heard of a good sale, or know of a good sale site? Throw that at me, as well!

~~Jigsaw gibs.~~ New Gibs

7 years ago*

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MSKOTOR

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Um...... i'm voting for Keyboard and Mouse D :

7 years ago