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A Brief History of A & B
BombTrack says,
This is a nice walk down controller memory lane. I am still foggy on who started B and A.
Article excerpt from gangles.ca —
"There's always been a minor niggle at the back of my mind when I played the Nintendo DS . "They've got it backwards," I thought, "The A button should be on the left and B on the right. That's how it's always been... I think." A speedy investigation showed that my memory was a little foggy, and that the answer was significantly more interesting...
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Posted 3 years ago
The reason, I think that the North American and Japanese mappings on the Dualshock are reversed for X and O is the average hand size is larger outside Japan. So, when your hands rest of the controller, an "average" Japanese thumb sits closer to O, while an "average" American thumb sits closer to X.
Then there's Hapacheese, whose thumb sits closed to Select...
Then there's Hapacheese, whose thumb sits closed to Select...
Posted 3 years ago
I saw the story on CNBC once and now I forgot y they made that controller with the A and B features..
Posted 3 years ago
Cool observation, I never thought of that, I guess the Japaneze hands would be slightly smaller than an American hand.. Hmmm, u learn something new everyday.. 
Posted 3 years ago
And since many women's hands are smaller than men's, no wonder I find the Japanese controllers for comfortable.
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