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Forums - Gaming Discussion - Why isn't 6 face buttons a standard?

JRPGfan on 28 October 2016
TheLastStarFighter said:
6 primary face button sucks. When your using one digit to press them, it's best to constrain it to up, down, left or right options. 6 (or more) buttons can work better on larger surface using multiple fingers, such as an arcade cabinet or a keyboard.

^ so much better said, that I was able to do.

Yes I think the layout of a contoller is basically perfected at this point.



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Leadified on 28 October 2016

6+ buttons are only really useful for a few genres like fighting games since most other genres can be played with 4 or less main buttons. So you make the controller more compact to accommodate that and put secondary buttons on the triggers or bumpers.