RCU005
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With PlayStation announcing Dualsense Edge, it makes the second official controller to come with back buttons. However, both are part of a Pro-focus lineup and therefore much more expensive.
The only company that has tried different controller styles and features is Nintendo. PlayStation has improved upon the DualShock and Xbox has had an if-it-ain’t-broke-don’t-fix-it approach with their controllers.
Many features have become standard such as double shoulder buttons/triggers, rumble and hopefully soon gyro. I’ve always thought that back buttons would be a great idea in order to introduce more buttons, but really never as a Pro way. Also, back buttons have been used just as a remap of other buttons and not new inputs.
So are those really useful in games? To me, at the very least they should exist to replace L3 and R3. I don’t know who thought of making the sticks clickable. They beak easy and are so uncomfortable, specially when having to hold push.
But what uses do people actually have for them (whether Pro or not)?
Was the back button attachment for DualShock 4 something that people liked in general (for using, not quality-wise)?
I wish the back buttons stay as a standard in every controller but as new inputs. There has to be someone who designs a game where having more inputs could be beneficial for a game right?
What other features or buttons do you think could make a game better if it was standard?
The only company that has tried different controller styles and features is Nintendo. PlayStation has improved upon the DualShock and Xbox has had an if-it-ain’t-broke-don’t-fix-it approach with their controllers.
Many features have become standard such as double shoulder buttons/triggers, rumble and hopefully soon gyro. I’ve always thought that back buttons would be a great idea in order to introduce more buttons, but really never as a Pro way. Also, back buttons have been used just as a remap of other buttons and not new inputs.
So are those really useful in games? To me, at the very least they should exist to replace L3 and R3. I don’t know who thought of making the sticks clickable. They beak easy and are so uncomfortable, specially when having to hold push.
But what uses do people actually have for them (whether Pro or not)?
Was the back button attachment for DualShock 4 something that people liked in general (for using, not quality-wise)?
I wish the back buttons stay as a standard in every controller but as new inputs. There has to be someone who designs a game where having more inputs could be beneficial for a game right?
What other features or buttons do you think could make a game better if it was standard?
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