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I propose a new standardization:
Every controler and keyboard should come with a dickbutt button.
North East West South, or NEWS for short.
Especially wack considering two of those controllers are from the same company
You forgot this
The SNES trained me that X = top button, but I use PS controllers enough that it’s not a problem switching. Xbox button prompts have always messed me up, though. Those labels are wrong!
Fun trivia about the Xbox controller is that their design is heavily influenced by Sega’s. The Xbox controller has the same face button layout as the Dreamcast’s. And if you compare the Duke (original fat) controller to a Saturn/Genesis/Mega Drive 6-button controller, you can think of those black and white buttons as the former C and Z buttons.
Some consider the OG Xbox as a successor to the Dreamcast.
Might be possible that they were using dreamcast controllers during initial development:
Previously, Sega had developed a version of Windows CE for its Dreamcast console to be used by game developers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_(console)#Creation_and_development
Gates was in talks with Sega’s late chairman Isao Okawa about the possibility of Xbox compatibility with Dreamcast games, but negotiations fell apart over whether the Dreamcast’s SegaNet online service should be implemented.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_(console)#Initial_announcement_and_content_acquisitions
Proposal: make the X button look like this: 🥚
But then it might get mixed up with the ⭕ button.
In that case, add a face on it
Problem solved
The XABY (clockwise from top) pattern has been around the longest. It’s the one true button pattern.
In fact, if it weren’t for Nintendo being such assholes with the patent system, consoles could have standardized on it but noooooo…
The most important thing Nintendo ever taught me was that B comes before A.
Switch messed me up with their button placement. It might be just Nintendo in the general.
Snes, n64, game cube, Wii/u, and then switch.
Just use a PC, where “act on thing” can be one of 57 possible letters and/or combinations.
I can’t ever help troubleshoot control issues on Minecraft because I remap everything to be sensible inputs (who the flip thought sprint should be CTRL?!)
I have such a hard time understanding why not everyone loved the game cube layout the most tbh
I like how the controllers are placed in the direction, where you can find the X button. Just perfect!
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