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D-pad issues

| Am I the only weird g/u/rl whose thumb's fingertip starts hurting after at least 30 minutes of playing?

At first I though "well this has to be this console's d-pad being tough" but I'm noticing it is happening with any d-pad I try.

The worst part is that when I was a kid I used to play hours and hours on a GBA and a DS and it never hurted, and now playing those same consoles it does. It takes the rest of the day for me to stop noticing the little hassle.


| To be more precise, the hassle is on the skin (I believe), not on the bone of the fingertip.


| That doesn't sound normal. I'd look into medical causes of that sort of thing


| How hard do you press those buttons?

This is a reminder to relax your shoulders and unclench your jaw.


| >>862083
>go to the doctor
>tell him your fingy huwts
>he asks how it happened
>you overexplain your epic gamer sessions
>he blankly stares at you for a moment
>you frown and hold up your thumb
>he sighs, taking mental note of your atypical mannerisms
>you leave with a big smile on your face and a mickey mouse bandaid on your thumb


| >>862083 I mean I would go if I didn't know they would kick my butt and ban me forever lol.
>>862097 I'm mostly unconscious about that, it's true that on the Vita or action games on a DSi when there are longer holds I notice it will eventually hurt while rpgs haven't been a problem at all. I'll try to test focusing on the pressure of the d-pad and report back.


| If you can, try to get a Steam Controller. The touchpads on it are great and don't leave my thumb raw like most d-pads do, just make sure to turn off the requirement to click the touchpad in the settings.


| Also the reason why your thumbs didn't hurt with the GBA and DS d-pads was probably because they were flat enough that the edges wouldn't dig into your skin like other d-pads. If you want you could try making a controller using the same parts as the DS or GBA d-pads.


| Also the Steam Controller is PC only btw, but there's still the option of attempting to mod an existing controller/create a new controller to use a GBA or DS d-pad.


| Update: have been playing on my gba sp and as >>78bcf8 stated, yes it didn't hurt, however DSi is otherwise, played some Four Swords and it did hurt after the 2nd boss. I do remember not having that issue 10 years ago :/

If I have to play on pc it's usually the controller's joystick or keyboard what I use so there is no problem about it, and the d-pad of the xbox one controller feels confy to not hurt.

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