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Nintendo Switch Lite and Future Revisions
Ian Sane:
--- Quote from: nickmitch on March 06, 2019, 09:53:19 PM ---Didn't they cut cost by using the GBA D-pad? It was weird that everything was built for the controller except that one piece, and it remains one of the biggest strikes against it.
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What's annoying about this is that Nintendo released the GBA SP and it had a different d-pad. So the cost benefit of using one very small d-pad for both the Gamecube and GBA was lost after only a few years.
I really wonder why they ditched the bean button for B. It never looked right after that and somewhat loses the whole point of the button layout. It's also strange that the C-stick is different than the main analog stick as that would require two different molds and would theoretically be more expensive than using one stick design for both. So they're cutting costs on the d-pad while inflating costs on the analog sticks? Huh?
BranDonk Kong:
I can't imagine there was really any actual cost benefit for using the GBA d-pad, it was probably just done to make the controller symmetrical.
ThePerm:
these mockups
popped up on reddit
Spak-Spang:
I love the mock ups, except that if you are going to make the controllers not detachable, then you should actually change the problems with the layout of the controllers. Form factor for the Switch buttons and controller layout has always been a problem, and I hope they address that.
Lemonade:
I like the idea of having circle pads on a small Switch. But the way they are aligned in that mockup looks like it would be super uncomfortable to hold.
What I want is a New 3DS XL sixed device, but just the bottom half. Move the ABXY buttons down a bit to fit in another circle pad instead of the C-Stick. You now have the perfect small portable Switch