nordlead on 24 June 2009
| seece said: Why IS the Dpad on the 360 controller so atrocious ... surely Microsoft are aware of this, why havn't they fixed it?! |
Because they were last to the market with D-pads. Nintendo, Atari, Sony, and Sega (along with a bunch of other companies) already have patents on D-pads, and without paying royalties Microsoft has to come up with their own solution. If they tread on any of those patents, I'm sure they will sue Microsoft as that is a lot of money to be made.
I'm sure Microsoft could do better, as people have already hacked the controllers and made them better with minor modifications, but who knows why Microsoft never really fixed it.
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They have been using controllers for the last 2 or so years to control vehichles, but it is still pretty cool.
