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Results were favorable. The trackball provided a 60.1% increase in throughput over the standard controller for novice participants. More impressively, it was shown to provide a 58.7% increase in throughput for participants already adept with the use of a standard controller.

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

Setting aside the "trackball as a better analog stick for some given game" question


better performance may not actually be desirable, if the goal is to get the experience intended by the game designer


there are some arcade games that have had trackballs, and playing those games with a trackball is probably nice, to get a similar experience to the original:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_trackball_arcade_games

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

And then every 2 months release the dust lint on the rollers. I never thought this action would need to return.

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

I just realized how trackballs on gamepads would change the landscape of fps on consoles.