Symmetrical or asymmetrical analogue sticks?

[Zkuq]

NightlyPoe said:

Zkuq said:

Uh, no. Otherwise I would want both sticks to be in your so-called 'default' position, which I certainly don't want.

More importantly though, I would have to change my grip on the whole controller for this so-called 'default' position to feel natural. I just checked, and with my grip, my thumbs are roughly at rest somewhere between the 'default' position and the 'DualShock' position, but definitely closer to the DS position. It's a little bit of a stretch to get my thumb to the DS4 analog stick, but it's way better than moving my thumb too close to my index finger where I have less control over my thumb. Your mileage may vary, but for my grip, symmetrical is way better.

Why would you need both sticks in the default position?

And, as I said earlier, the DualShock is based on the old Playstation controller ergonomics.  The D-Pad is not the "so-called" default position.  It is the way the controller was designed 25 years ago.

Well, I guess I don't know what this so-called 'default position' is then. I just assumed it was the D-pad position because of the way you seemed to use it, but it's definitely not intuitively clear to me what position that is supposed to be.