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I was curious what the Linux people think about Microsoft and any bad practices that most people should know about already?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

~~I don't agree.~~ (Edit: Read the replies, he is actually right.)

Using Xbox controller since 360, now the One and Series S controllers as my preferred gamepad for modern emulation systems (meaning I have a Snes like pad for older systems). I have no idea why you think that a Xbox controller is bad for emulation.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

Oh they're very good controllers! The problem is that they took Nintendo's button names (ABXY) and transposed their positions. It's utter chaos, and very hard for me at least to remember that A is B and B is A.

Playstation, by contrast, came up with entirely new button symbols, so it's much less confusing that O -> A.

The APIs for gamepad interfacing are a total mess now, with some based on button names and some on position (south/east/west/north).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I agree with you, but Xbox just took the Dreamcast's layout, which means SEGA is the original culprit

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

:O I had I idea!!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

I'm from the 80s and totally understand what you mean. That's a valid point, yes, its a total mess, especially for emulation where the button names collide. This was actually an "objectively" bad choice by Microsoft.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Ironically, they were probably afraid of the very explicit litigiousness of Nintendo.

Two solutions:

  • different names ( like Sony )
  • different positions ( like Microsoft )

Third solution:

  • get sued by Nintendo

Maybe they did some early testing and got feedback that people liked the button names being the same as Nintendo. Or maybe they read criticism about Sony using different names.

Maybe they were originally the same and then the legal dept depended a swap too late to change the actual names.

Maybe none of this stuff.

As you can see, I find the legal system to be a bigger threat and generally more frustrating than Microsoft.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Yes of course, I agree this is the rationale for sure. Still I blame Microsoft (and Sega as I've just discovered) for this.