Also, here’s a possible soluition:
You think with Xbox OS-programable controls, and the ability to “righthand” an off-the-shelf joystick, by inverting north and south, east and west, and corresponding punch and kick, why couldn’t the joysticks be PHYSICALLY designed so that righthanding a joystick would work and not have the joystick “smile” at you when it should frown.
One option is a rectangular American style.
Also I notice that the frown CAN BE horizontally symmetrical, so why not a twin stick with a frown of buttons in the middle. This would also come in handy for twin stick shooters, and in Super Smash Bros, where the “off-stick” (right hand stick in standard mode) could be used as a Smash Stick.
If 2 extra buttons is cheaper than an extra joystick, how about a “double frown” like this:
X---------X
—X—X—
X---------X
—X—X—
X---------X
where X are the attack buttons. It’s both vertically and horizontally symmetric, but has the “frown” a lot of gamers like on both sides. The last 2 can be either deacitvated or “select/taunt”.
Dude I get you don’t like the current designs of sticks.
But the reality is that what you are looking for don’t exist, unless you are willing to go the DIY route.
Get the American Capcom Straight 6 Layout, flip the thing around and do some minor rewiring.
As for game pads, Left side been directionals since I think Nintendo’s Game and Watch collection, where Nintendo first introduce the first D-pad.
Me, my first console? My First Home console was the Bally Astrocade
There was no preference, if your left or right handed it didn’t matter.
My First Arcade game I ever played Pac Man. Also it didn’t care what your hand preference was.
Even then, I dont get your tirade. The rest of the world adapted to Left handed arcade sticks, I know a few gamers older than me. They all but one manage to adapt to left handed arcade controls.
Hell my own mother only gave up on main stream console games when her arthritis made it to unconformable for her.
Playing the “Oh I am Older than you so” card isn’t gaining you any sympathy ether.
I don’t really care you are older than me, I dont care why you think you need a right handed controller, and I seen your "solution’ before. Ether do it or not I dont care.
And Please don’t do the mod to “show me up” as I am just going to laugh. If you are that serious, do it for you and thats it. There isn’t even a market for what you ask for, what you want is that niche.
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Does he just follow you thread after thread with this crap? I haven’t been on in a few months and I thought that conversation was dead in the ground a while ago with the street fighter 1 original button design. Holy Crap Batman.
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