New Xbox 360 Controller Coming, D-Pad Redesigned

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disolitude said:

slowmo said:

disolitude said:

Seece said:

Ha, you were saying disolitude

Looks amazing, february for Europe, just intime for MK9!

looks promissing but alone won't be sufficient. We need 8 directional setup not just the standard 4...

That's a myth, done properly you only need 4

 

On the board, yes I agree you can have only up, down, left, right...But you really need 8 directions on the dpad itself. Example... Sega Saturn pad, best pad in the world.

Yep, technically you only need 4 directions on the board to make it work well its the actual dpad design that most important.  I would pay Sega a small fee and try and take the design they used for the megadrive 6 button pad, thats my favourite dpad of all time, even outranks the saturn for me.