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controllers to choose from, but which one's the best? To find out, I gathered a
few of the best ones around and to start with we have the
PlayStation 4 DualShock 4. This is a big improvement
over the last generation. However, there're couple other options that you might wanna look at, including the Xbox One Elite.
Now, this is a controller that honestly, I think is probably one of
the best that I've ever tried. You have customizable
things like the D-pad. You can adjust how the sticks are. There's a lot that you can do, even with paddles on the back, however, we can even
take it a step farther.
If you really want to get
on that customization game, Xbox has a Design Lab option, so essentially, what this allows you to do is take a standard Xbox One controller, which is already good and pretty much customize it however you want and by customize it however you want, I mean give it a different paint job. You actually can't get
all the extra buttons and stuff from the Elite, I mean, unless you get one of these,
but that's for later. You design it, we build it. Well, let's see what I actually designed.
Oh, right, it's orange. So this is the masterpiece
of a controller that we made. It's got that whole Creamsicle
vibe with the orange, got the orange grips and
the white everywhere, but you have a little bit of gray on the thumbsticks as well as the buttons and if you wanna take it one step farther, you can add a message to the controller, so I added my gamertag, also my Twitter and my Facebook and my Instagram, definitely make sure to check me out, links in the description, but on top of that, you can
also get it on your controller and of course, this is a
standard Xbox One controller. It comes with AA batteries
because, I don't know, Microsoft hates
rechargeables, I have no idea.
If you really want to take
things to the next level, you can get a Scuf controller. Now, this is the version for the Xbox, however, there also is a PS4 version. Did you order this controller? I don't know if I actually know what this controller looks like, so this is a Ken special right here. I picked out the awesome
Creamsicle look of this one.
This Scuf controller, I have
no idea what it looks like. Oh, no, oh, no, oh, no. (Laughs) Ken, what is this, what is this!? Ken, what were you? Okay, so if you (laughs) want the ugliest Scuf controller of all time. God, that is, yeah, okay, so if you want a Scuf
controller that looks like this, your boy Ken'll hook you up, I guess.
Did you see that Scuf controller? It's red and black, why
didn't you get one of these? (Stammers) You know what this feels like. This feels like when you go into Subway and they're like, "Okay,
what options would you like?" And you have that moment of panic of like, "I want anchovies and spinach and bologna and the sweet bread."
And then you get this and then you wonder where you
went wrong in life. (Laughs) I actually do like the texture
on the back of this thing. You know what, it feels
almost like a truck bed liner if you've ever felt one of
those kind of rubbery things.
That is definitely not going anywhere. Something else you get
with Scuf are paddles, so this is one of the things
that you can customize before you order the controller, so we went all out and got all four, but these are mappable to,
say, like your face buttons or basically, whatever
you want, I believe. I mean, to be fair, this is like by far, the most expensive controller here, so I would expect it to be
cool, but this is alright. What's cool is all of these controllers will not only work on the
console, but also for PC, so on the Xbox One side
of things, they all work out of the box if you plug them in via USB.
And the newer ones such as the Xbox One Design Lab controllers
have Bluetooth built in. If you don't wanna use Bluetooth, you can also pick up the adapter, so this is just a little
USB wireless adapter for the Xbox One, so even with some of the older controllers
that don't have Bluetooth, plug this into your computer
and you're good to go. The same thing applies for the PS4, so if you pick up the
DualShock 4 adapter for PC, it actually works for a Mac too if you wanna do that for some reason, then you just pick up
this guy, plug it in, and you're up and running
with the DualShock 4. Now, that's actually one of the advantages of the DualShock 4 is that
it's cheap, so right now, it's around $45 or so, but
you usually can find them for around 50 and that's cheaper than pretty much anything else here.
Now, of course, you can get a
standard Xbox One controller for about that price,
but as soon as you get into the custom options, it gets pricey. So the Design Lab controller is $80. Now, that does give you full customization of all the colors and
buttons and everything and for $90, you can get
your name engraved on it, so it's not that much of a price premium, however, when you get up to
the Elite, it gets pricey. This guy is $150.
(Cash register ching) Mind you it does come
with this carrying case, which not only is a nice place
to store your controller, but you also get a ton of
different options for it, so for example, you can add your paddles, which just pop right on here and what's cool is all these
are completely magnetic, so if we want we can
get all of our paddles and with the Xbox One Elite, you actually have a button right up top here, so you can slide between
two different profiles, so that's easy and on the Xbox, you can actually select tons of different profiles and have them saved, so for example, you can have
a custom controller set up for, say, Forza, maybe
one for Call of Duty, one for Battlefield, whatever you want.
The idea that everything
on the Elite controller is based on magnets is really cool too, so if you want say a domed thumbstick, you can easily swap that on or if you want something a little bit taller, it just pops right on, you're good to go and like I said earlier, the Scuf is definitely going to cost you, so if you just want more
of an aesthetic build, kind of like the Design Lab, you're talking about and
around the $120 range, however, if you really want
all the bells and whistles with the custom grips and the paddles and all that kind of stuff,
this thing is gonna cost you. The big question though, is
with all these controllers here, sure, it's nice to see
which one looks the coolest, but which one is actually
the best one for gaming. (Vocalizing) Ken, you're gonna kind of like make it appear right there, right? Yeah, it just appears right there, so is this gonna like you
ignore all of my mouth noises, like add actually like a cool sound effect and then like as I wave my hands, like I'm gonna need like a puff of smoke and then the computer appears, got that. So to start with, we have
the Design Lab controller.
Now, even though on the outside, this is a custom controller, on the inside, it's pretty
much exactly the same as any other Xbox controller and because of that, it's solid, so while sure, it doesn't
have some of the cool paddles of the Elite, oh, I got it, I got it, what's cool about the
Design Lab controllers is that since they're all based on the updated Xbox One controller with Bluetooth and the headphone jack, it means that while you can
still use this with a PC. And the standard wireless adapter, but if you're computer has Bluetooth, you just pair it right up and it's gonna work right out of the box. Next, we have the Elite controller. So there're actually a
couple of advantages to this and one of the more subtle
things is just the feel of the controller, so
it's a little bit heavier and I really like the slightly
kind of, I'll say grippy sort of texture, but it's
like a very soft rubber.
It doesn't sound like it
would be good on a controller, but it actually feels nice. Next, we have the Scuf controller. So this one's a little
bit more of a mixed bag. On one hand, it feels
solid, so I like the grip and the way that the thumbsticks are weighed, it actually is really nice, however, the thing is
you're paying a lot for this and honestly, it doesn't really feel that much different than
another Xbox controller.
The thing is I prefer the
way the Elite controller does customization, so say I'm
playing Horizon 3 right now and I only want two
paddles, well, it's easy as just taking them off or
say swapping thumbsticks out, whereas with the Scuf, what you order is pretty much what you get. Last, but not least, we
have the DualShock 4. Now, if you're on a PC, you
actually have a lot if choices, however, on the PS4, it's
pretty much this or a Scuf. Now, on the PC, you can
get the DualShock 4 to work and of course, it's not a bad controller, but it's gonna require some work.
Like the Xbox controller, if
your computer has Bluetooth, you can pair it that way and otherwise, you can pick up the wireless
adapter or use a USB cable, however, unlike the Xbox controller, it is not natively supported in Windows, so what that means is either
you have to rely on a couple of rare games that actually
natively support it, which is not easy to find or you need to use a program
such as DS4 for Windows. Now, that's gonna let this
emulate an Xbox 360 controller and as you can see, it works just fine once you get it set up,
but it is not as smooth as just plugging it in
and getting it going, like the Xbox One, so what
is the best game controller. Now, if you hadn't noticed, I didn't include every controller of all time and that's for good reason,
these are my favorites, however, if I had to pick just one, it would be the standard Xbox One. This controller, I feel like,
is a really nice sweet spot of something that's nice
and comfortable to use, that has a lot of cool features.
It works pretty much everywhere
that you'd want to game. If you had a little bit
more money to spend, the Elite controller is a good option, but my biggest problem with it is that while I do prefer it
to the Xbox controller, it's triple the price and
honestly, it's hard to justify, so I'm curious, what's your
guys' favorite controller? Definitely be sure to let me
know in the comments below and of course, if you
guys wanna check out any of the ones I took a
look at in this video, the links will be in the description. Anyway, guys, thank you
so much for watching and I will catch you in the next one..