Yes, thanks Nintendo! Starfox 64 with the Rumble Pak was the beginning of rumble. Let’s also thank PlayStation for introducing game controllers having two vibration motors with different weights, first the DualShock series and then the Xbox series of controllers.

Thanks for this post Nathan! It’s refreshingly well written and helpful! I’m looking forward to reading other posts you write. By the way, how can I buy a Steam Controller so I can do a teardown?

Exactly! That’s why you use you use a M+KB to steer your automobile, IRL. Oh wait!!....

It turns out that the word you used, “perfect,” means something that can’t be improved upon. So, yes, by using that word you did suggest (or assert) that the Xbox 360 controller couldn’t be improved upon.