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January 24, 2020 02:00 pm

The transforming Xbox 360 D-pad is proof that bad buttons can get better





In today’s digital age, it sometimes feels like hardware has taken a back seat to the software that drives our devices. Button of the Month will look at what some of those buttons and switches are like on devices old and new to appreciate how we interact with them on a physical, tactile level.


The Xbox 360 controller is considered to be one of the best video game controllers ever made — except for one thing: the D-pad. It’s conversely one of the worst directional inputs ever put on a controller.



Microsoft knew it had to fix things, and in 2010 — a full five years after it launched the Xbox 360 — it tried to do so in a singularly impressive fashion with the Xbox 360 Limited Edition controller, which...



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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/24/21078922/xbox-360-transforming-d-pad-button-improvement-evolution-change-microsoft

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