No offense StripesOrBars, but your opinion sucks. I also have one of these controllers and I think it's much better than the crappy white/black original design. The 1mm of analog stick play doesn't bother me at all, and is well worth it considering the much better thumb-grip design and the fact that the analog sticks are tighter and actually have some resistance. The d-pad is also designed much better than the original, but still isn't all that, so I will agree with you that it's kinda gimmicky. But in no way is this controller as bad as you make it out to be. And $40 is a good deal IMO.