Microsoft Xbox Controller S - game pad

Advantages: Strong, well built, reliable, better than first Xbox controller, built in gadget to separate it from console in a slip-up.
Disadvantages: Too big for average hand size, heavy, impractical for RPG's

If the gamecube's controller is a anorexic, purple oddity, then this is the king size man one! While hugely smaller than the awful first gen controller which was the size-of-a-baby's-head and looked like a big black whale, the Controller S still suffers from a slight weight problem. The main problem is that it is rather flawed. The sixties/seventies style, seemingly unergonomic PS1 controller was so good, way better than it should of been. Buttons ...
...were where they should of been. It was such a good design they used it, as old fashioned as it was, for the next generation. The controller S, however, is bigger than it has too be. Did anyone ever complain that the PS controller was too big / small, no, because it fitted everyone. I did get used to it eventually, and to really like it, but not enough thought has been put into it. What about small hands? are the two triggers very good for anything ... Read review

Advantages: Smaller Pad
Disadvantages: Pricey For A Pad

The Controller S is Microsoft’s smaller version of the normal big and bulky xbox controller that comes with the console which most people I know can't get their hands around. This pad is much better for gaming as well because the buttons are perfectly positioned for comfort and ease of use. Some games are also easier on this pad than on the normal xbox controllers. Everything on this pad is smaller and easier to get to and it also feels nicer for ...
...pad smaller because they have just been rearranged a bit for more comfort. The pad is very durable. I know this because i have had 4 controllers (2 official and 2 unofficial) and the unofficial pads always seem to stop working after about a month or 2 and I have had the official pads for about a year now and nothing has gone wrong with them yet. In my opinion I prefer this pad to the normal xbox controllers and it is the best small pad out there ... Read review

Advantages: fits in your hand good
Disadvantages: to big

first i find that the control pad is very big i think it should be much smaller you tend to have a finger ache after a while, i also think the triger buttons are hard to use becaues again it is to big, i think the joy sticks should be level not one up and the other down they should be in line with each other . happy with the buttons on it they are easy to use and well colourd, very nice. i like the way they have come up with the stress release design ... Read review

Advantages: comportable, good design
Disadvantages: expensive

...one was too big, so Microsoft started to launch the Xbox with this small controller (controller S). And I really like this one. It is better than the big controller even if I liked it too. It looks pretty much like the original controller but the butonns are placed in a different way. So if you have small hands (like me) you will probably like this one better than the big one. The bad thing about this controller is that it is rather expensive. ... Read review