Let me explain.
I have disliked Sony ever since their smear campaign against Nintendo in the mid 90's. I had a N64 for that generation and I got real tired of their crap and the crap that the other kids than picked up from Sony.
Fanboy alert, fanboy alert!!!
You're like some chaps at the ASSEMbler forums that claim that the Saturn was the greatest console ever and spit at Sony's products at every opportunity. I suggest you give a try to some good PS1/2 games sometime, it will change your mind.
About the controller, I hate the "divided but together" design of the Sony control pad. I hate when the controller registers Up + Right when I'm only pressing the Up button... this is problematic specially on fighting games. For me it's always like that since the PS1! (not sure about PS4 pad though, never touched one)