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What should be the ONE universal controller layout that everyone would agree on? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 6 days ago by sbeak@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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What are your wackiest ideas for a "universal" controller layout that would appeal to the fans of the Xbox, Nintendo, and PS layouts? You certainly can't pick one of the three, that would be lazy and frankly unfair for the other two layouts. It's got to be something that everyone agrees on, something different!

I've got a few ideas: NSEW (the cardinal directions), RGBA (colours, also transparent button could be cool...), or maybe CMYK (printer ink colours for ease of printing)

What are your ideas for the universal controller layout?

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[–] brisk@aussie.zone 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Controller layout was mastered with the GameCube and I will harbour no dissent

Unironically though it has a fantastic conversation with you as soon as you see it. A is obviously primary, B is obviously secondary and X and Y are clearly tertiary and equal.

[–] _NetNomad@fedia.io 2 points 6 days ago

amen! i'm not bothered by different glyphs as much as i am by everyone making the primary button different (although i guess now xbox and ps agree) and that just doesn't happen with a physical controller that has an obvious hierarchy of buttons. plus B A and X all being in a line makes them all accessible with the natural wiper motion of the thumb, way easier for my arthritic mitts to find their way around than two rows of two

[–] Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Actually yeah, this has merit. I see a few places for improvements though.

I'd swap the d pad and yellow for joysticks, playstations mirrored joys are generally better for your thumbs over time.
replace the round B button with another bean shaped button like the X and Y, add a 4th bean button in the lower corner and color code them.
Bumpers and triggers, but use the mechanical style the 360 had, they were durable and reliable.
extend the palm pads, the ps4 had a really good feel in the hand, not too small, not yo big.
attach fans to the rumble motors and air flow holes around the palm pads. Sweaty hands on a controller suck, active cooling during intense moments would be great.