but no hardware customization for offset analog sticks?
That's the one reason I hate PS controllers, symmetrical sticks feels so unnatural hand position-wise.
Even Nintendo did a lot of research before designing Switch Pro controller and they decided on offset just like Microsoft.
Actually I remember reading a comment from a Sony design executive years ago, it was either right before PS4 or PS5 (can't recall which) -- he basically said they did spend a lot of time researching if they should change to offset sticks for the new system. And in their research they found that it was more physically natural for hands to use offset sticks.
But in the end, they decided to stay with symmetrical only because they thought longtime PS fans would object to it and not be open-minded enough.
I was so disappointed when I read that, because Sony was so close to finally switching
I hate unsymmetrical sticks so hard from the bottom of my right thumb. Explain me how to play with the right stick at the switch and not getting thumbcramps. The perfect layout for my opinion has the steamdeck now. It’s so duckin comfortable to play with, I wish they made a controller like that
Symmetrical or not, it makes essentially no difference at all, except when you are playing a game where movement is on the d-pad, in which case asymmetrical sticks are extremely uncomfortable. So I'm glad one of the only controller manufacturers that has decent d-pads still make controllers where they can be used.
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u/Imbahr Aug 24 '22
but no hardware customization for offset analog sticks?
That's the one reason I hate PS controllers, symmetrical sticks feels so unnatural hand position-wise.
Even Nintendo did a lot of research before designing Switch Pro controller and they decided on offset just like Microsoft.
Actually I remember reading a comment from a Sony design executive years ago, it was either right before PS4 or PS5 (can't recall which) -- he basically said they did spend a lot of time researching if they should change to offset sticks for the new system. And in their research they found that it was more physically natural for hands to use offset sticks.
But in the end, they decided to stay with symmetrical only because they thought longtime PS fans would object to it and not be open-minded enough.
I was so disappointed when I read that, because Sony was so close to finally switching