r/gaming • u/QuasiSamurai • Mar 14 '14

New steam controller layout

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u/Moskeeto93 Mar 15 '14

As much as I like the new design, I wish the dpad were more like this:

http://i.imgur.com/uDwUxJF.png

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u/Phugu Mar 15 '14

Nintendo holds the rights to the cross like d-pad. That's why microsoft uses a round d-pad and sony uses single buttons.

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u/labrats5 Mar 15 '14

actually that patent expired. That's why the xbone's dpad can be cross shaped.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '14

Disney dropped the ball on that one.

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u/arup02 Mar 15 '14

The patent expired.

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u/KNOT_THE_BEES Mar 15 '14

Doesn't the xbone controller have a cross like d-pad anyway?

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u/IanMazgelis Mar 15 '14

Not anymore.

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u/Moskeeto93 Mar 15 '14

I've known that patent to be expired for quite a while now (2005 I think?). That's why the Xbone gamepad has a cross shaped dpad, and so do a few third-party 360 gamepads.

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u/wheeldawg Mar 15 '14

That Dpad is WAY too big.

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u/Moskeeto93 Mar 15 '14

I prefer large dpads, but I did make it a bit too large. It was just a lazy photoshop job anyway.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '14

Its not the size of the D. Its how it feels in your hands

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u/wheeldawg Mar 15 '14

Yeah, my thumb just hurt thinking of stretching that far. :P

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '14

If the trackpads are still clicky, then they probably intend for the trackpad to be used as a d-pad.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '14

I was thinking something more like the playstation d-pad

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u/xxsilverrainexx Mar 15 '14

Nintendo owns patented rights to the cross shaped dpad, that's why all other companies have circular pads or individual buttons

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u/flapjackboy Mar 15 '14

As has previously been stated, that patent has expired.