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Forums - Gaming - Why dont games let you button map freely? (consoles)

Brutalyst on 06 September 2017

I have often wondered this, is there any logic to why games dont offer this? (except I guess fighting games).

Its often beena source of frustration being restrited to choosing a predetermined setup, why cant we just choose which button does what?



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DroidKnight on 06 September 2017

On PS4 you can go to accessibility options and do just that.



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Brutalyst on 06 September 2017
DroidKnight said:
On PS4 you can go to accessibility options and do just that.

This I did not know!



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jason1637 on 06 September 2017

On Xbox you can have different button layouts for different games. The PS4 probably has this feature too.



SegataSanshiro on 06 September 2017

If I remember right, Wii U VC games let you button map as well.



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VGPolyglot on 06 September 2017
Hiku said:

Good question. Especially since some people have disabilities and may need certain configurations just to be able to play the games at all.

But as mentioned above, PS4 lets you remap the buttons universally.

~Edit~
Apparently on Xbox One as well.

Wow, I guess you do learn something new every day!



Nymeria on 06 September 2017
Hiku said:

Good question. Especially since some people have disabilities and may need certain configurations just to be able to play the games at all.

But as mentioned above, PS4 lets you remap the buttons universally.

~Edit~
Apparently on Xbox One as well.

I cannot believe I didn't know this, thank you for posting.



caffeinade on 06 September 2017
Hiku said:

Good question. Especially since some people have disabilities and may need certain configurations just to be able to play the games at all.

But as mentioned above, PS4 lets you remap the buttons universally.

~Edit~
Apparently on Xbox One as well.

That is pretty cool.



COKTOE on 06 September 2017
Hiku said:

Good question. Especially since some people have disabilities and may need certain configurations just to be able to play the games at all.

But as mentioned above, PS4 lets you remap the buttons universally.

~Edit~
Apparently on Xbox One as well.

Neat-o. Did not know this.



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irstupid on 06 September 2017

Not exactly helpful being universal though. There are some games that you just want say one button switched with another.

If you do it universal, you need to remember to flip it back when playing another game.

I have always found it dumb that games don't let you do this. I feel like most all PC games let you.