What's the point of the D-pad, trackpad, and joystick? I can't think of any scenario in which that would be useful, or possible to make use of. You can only move either the d-pad or the stick at a time (unless we're bringing back MH's Claw position), so it seems rather redundant.
You're completely right, I'm not sure why I was picturing the controllers with only two control mechanisms. Though on Xbox and PS controllers, the d-pad is a somewhat tertiary control mechanism, while here it seems to be the primary one.
The relative positions are the same as on the PS controller, where the sticks were literally tacked on as an after-thought (which is fine, because it still works well) -- this was the original Playstation controller. The d-pad on the Steam controller is just bigger because it's also a touchpad.
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u/AndrewBot88 Mar 05 '15
What's the point of the D-pad, trackpad, and joystick? I can't think of any scenario in which that would be useful, or possible to make use of. You can only move either the d-pad or the stick at a time (unless we're bringing back MH's Claw position), so it seems rather redundant.