Before the Xbox 360 arrived in 2006, using a gamepad on PC was a pretty annoying experience. You'd have to manually configure buttons, games wouldn't detect the controller or show the correct icons, ...

The PlayStation 3's DualShock 3 controller wasn't originally designed with the PC in mind. But who cares: We're gonna do it anyway. The DualShock 3 isn't quite as easy to use on PC as a modern Xbox ...