• 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com
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      It’s not like there’s no potential for a coalition of people in the fediverse to make their own console with one of the single board computers that are on the market, we’d just need games, basically.

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    Idk if Sony would actively make the worlds worst controller even in an alternate timeline

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      A lot of people really liked that N64 controller, though I feel it would have been an unnecessary design if that Z button wasn’t included.

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        Resident N64 pad defender here. It’s fine to dislike the controller, but I’m never really sure if the “I don’t have three hands!” complaint is a joke or just based on people who never played any N64 games or what.

        You’re not supposed to use all three prongs, ever. It’s just a hedge-betting controller. Nintendo was afraid people wouldn’t like the new, 3D style of game control and would demand a return to traditional D-pad input.

        The N64 controller was their solution: if 3D movement is just a fad that dies out, well, move your hand over a couple of inches and forget about the analog stick. Now you’ve basically got a SNES pad with six face buttons and better ergonomics.

        Obviously, 3D took over that whole generation and there’s probably less than 10 games that need D-pad movement, so it ended up being fairly pointless in hindsight. But I can’t argue with anybody who starts their design process with “What if gamers hate this new style of input?” because when don’t they.

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        Hell no lol. It always made my hand cramp and lock up and it came out when I was 11 or so. And the thumb stick giving kids blisters because it’s just a plastic stick with no soft rubber on top. Like wtf is that choice?

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      I would say the DualShock is worse; never liked the placement of the thumb sticks at the bottom but apparently that’s just me.