Actually it's not strange to suggest a correlation between console preference and controller preference. For example, most Xbox players I've talked to have said that they prefer the bulkier Xbox controllers compared to the "tiny PS controllers". However nowadays that's not really the case since Xbox have increasingly made their controllers smaller with each generation, whereas Sony have actually made their DualShocks bulkier with each generation.
Anyway, I brought it up because you said that controllers using offset analog sticks are considered the best by people. Now you're suddenly correcting your previous post by saying that "it doesn't mean they are definitively the best controllers for everybody". Well, thank you for acknowledging that. What you just said is precisely what I was trying to explain the whole time.
Personally I really dislike the design, and I've never gotten used to it. Besides, if the offset analog stick is such a fantastic design, why did Nintendo abandon it after Gamecube and have symmetrical analog sticks for both the Wii and WiiU? Alas, they've gone back to offset analog stick for the Switch, but it still begs the question.
EDIT: I just looked it up and the whole talk about "ergonomics" and "typical use case" for the offset analog stick seems to be pure BS made up by Microsoft's marketing team or whatever fan of the controller setup. "When Sony made a gamepad for the original PlayStation its design was patented. Therefore, Microsoft had no choice but to change the design a little in order not to get a lawsuit. That's all. The PlayStation console existed for 7 years before the Xbox and no one has complained about "fatigue" during this time."
I think it's safe to say that people just like using what they're used to.
Once again, reread what I wrote before you put words in my mouth for the sake of your argument. I never said the Gamecube and Xbox controllers were considered the best, I said they were considered 2 of the best, based on how frequently I've seen them brought up either individually or together during this type of discussion.
For some reason, you decided to take that as a hubris statement when I was just pointing out how absurd it is to consider something that is widely used and preferred, idiotic, just because YOU don't like it, especially when Xbox wasn't the only one with it.
Saying people just like what they're used to isn't a solid argument when discussing preferences because if all you use is whatever controller you're stuck with on the console that you bought or was bought for you, seeing as most people only have the one console, then they aren't really relevant to a discussion about preference.
As I said before, the Wii was massively successful, yet the Wiimote was heavily criticized. The Wii U was a failure and the gamepad was also heavily criticized as well as its awkwardly placed analog sticks. So once again, I don't see any correlation at all, especially when I myself have used all of these controllers regularly, including Playstation's and for far much longer than any other controller. So how exactly is it that my preference is based on "what I'm just used to?"