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Looking at this, I'm starting to wonder why trackballs on console controllers never became popular.
by ahomescu1 13y ago
Looking at this, I'm starting to wonder why trackballs on console controllers never became popular.
- cbhl 13y agoLikely for the same reason that mouse balls went out of favor -- they get gummed up with dust and gunk from your fingers, and are a PITA to maintain and keep clean.
- jlgreco 13y agoMy guess: dirt. With as few moving parts as they typically have, console controllers already experience durability issues for less... hygienic, players. With trackballs that issue is compounded, even if you make them easily removable so you can clean them (just having to clean them at all would be more of a hassle than people are use to).
- Sanddancer 13y agoLogitech's optical trackballs are pretty bulletproof. No moving parts; they use a special dot pattern to detect how the trackball's being moved around.