How rare is the Playstation Dual Analog controller?

[aderial]

Not the Dual Shock controller, but the Dual Analog controller with the longer handles and concave analog sticks?

[old_skoolin_jim]

It's actually surprisingly very hard to come by. I remember getting a PS1 the Christmas that controller was out, but even by then it had been discontinued by Sony, giving the controller a shelf life of maybe 2-3 months, max. Not until the Dual shock was out a good 6 months or so later was I able to get an official analog pad... I had to endure the InterAct Barracuda controller (and my friends saying "That controller looks like a cat! Why do you need analog, anyway? there's nothing special about it...") until then.
I think I've only seen one or two around at flea markets, too... it's rare.

[Letiumtide]

I still don't understand this. Maybe it's because I live in such a small town, but I can pick up one of these pretty much anywhere, we have a bin of them at work (to be fair its a mix bin with many of the 3 varieties) but it's still really weird to me.

Maybe I'll buy all of them and sell them on ebay.

[Shadow Kisuragi]

Yeah, I don't understand it either...I come by 4-5 every time I'm looking through controller bins. Also, yes, I can tell the difference between the Dual Analog and Dual Shock.

[Nonplus]

What exactly distinguishes this from the regular DualShock? I get that the analog sticks are concave and the controller is gray, but is that it?

[Shadow Kisuragi]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_Analog_Controller#Distinguishing_features

[Bojay1997]

Other than collector's value though, does anyone really prefer the longer handles? I remember this being the first PSX controller I got and I almost immediately went out and bought a third party controller because it didn't feel right in my hands.

[Shadow Kisuragi]

I didn't have too many issues with the long handles, though another feature really bothered me because of them - the grooves where the top-half of the controller connects the bottom-half. The smaller DualShock controllers don't rest in my hands as well, so I don't feel them, but those grooves on the Dual Analog rested against my hand and would often be uncomfortable.