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yokokazuo

A little while ago I noticed that the way I hold my PS3 controller is different from everyone else I know. I have my index fingers on the L1 and R1 while my middle fingers are on the R2 and L2. However for most other people it seems they just use their index fingers for both buttons. Also depending on the controller I may hold it differently, GameCube is the same where I use my middle fingers for the R and L button and my index for Z, but with the Gamepad and Pro Controller I just use my index finger.
How does everyone else hold their controllers? Do you hold it differently than what I mentioned? I was talking with my cousin the other day and he mentioned that when playing Smash Bros he has his index finger over the Y button for jumping.

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CanisWolfred

Like any normal person: with my feet.

...planted firmly on the ground, and my hands on the controller, with my index fingers on or within reach of any shoulder and/or trigger buttons, and the thumbs doing their things on either the D-Pad or analopue sticks and face buittons.

I seriously doubt you'll get that many other serious answers. The controllers have been progressively evolving to fit naturally in the average person's hand since the mid 90's.

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MegaMari0

I hold my controllers......like a boss.

In all seriousness both hands' index and middle fingers are for shoulder buttons. Ring and pinky are for controller support. Thumbs for Sticks/Dpad and the rest of the buttons. Slight variation to GC controller but pretty much the same for the others.

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Retro_on_theGo

Like a normal person. I don't think there is anything weird or interesting about how I hold a controller.

Although when I play Tekken I always hold the control in a claw grip with my right hand. I should get a fight stick. But Tekken is the only competitive fighter I play, I suck at it, and it's a four button system. I can't justify the price of one.

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yokokazuo

@CanisWolfred
Haha I guess I should have worded it differently, I guess my main question is whether people use 2 or 4 fingers for the triggers.

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SomeBitTripFan

I'm weird. On a Dualshock, I often "pinch" the left analogue stick with my thumb and index finger and use my middle finger for L1 and ring finger for L2. For my right hand, my middle finger is on R2, my index finger is on R1, and my thumb alternates between the right analogue stick and the face buttons. For some games, my right hand will make the claw grip, or some variation on it. For other controllers, I generally hold the controller like the TC.

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SuperWiiU

Inside out. I just use my index fingers for the triggers. It's uncomfortable to hold my middle fingers on them, if it wasn't I would use the four fingered approach.

Kai_

Just index, middle fingers rest under. How on earth does everyone hold their N64 controller?

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CanisWolfred

yokokazuo wrote:

@CanisWolfred
Haha I guess I should have worded it differently, I guess my main question is whether people use 2 or 4 fingers for the triggers.

That's kinda what I've gathered. I've known people who use that, and for some controllers, that's fine. But others, like the 360 controller, are too bulky and heavy to use that. I could never do it with the Wii U Gamepad, for instance...

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CaviarMeths

SomeBitTripFan wrote:

I often "pinch" the left analogue stick with my thumb and index finger and use my middle finger for L1 and ring finger for L2

Weirdo.

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DefHalan

yokokazuo wrote:

I guess my main question is whether people use 2 or 4 fingers for the triggers.

2 fingers. There aren't many games that require the use of more than two fingers at the same time, it is also more comfortable. My index finger is what I would use to pull the trigger of a gun, and so it feels right being on the back triggers for shooting a gun in a game. The GamePad makes 4 fingers a little more difficult by having the Z triggers so much lower than the R/L triggers.

People keep saying the Xbox One doesn't have Backwards Compatibility.
I don't think they know what Backwards Compatibility means...

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unrandomsam

I use 4 on the playstation controller but only two on the xbone controller (The way the design is allows pressing the shoulder buttons in a clever way by just pushing up).

I don't like controllers where I cannot have my thumb over all four face buttons though. (The Wii U is like that but no games I have need it and I use the Club Nintendo - Super Famicom controller for SNES VC).

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IceClimbers

I generally hold most controllers the same way, using the 2 finger approach for the bumpers and triggers. That being said, I found that the PS3 controller (as well as the previous two Dualshocks) I hold differently in terms of where it rests. With the Xbox 360 controller, the Pro Controller, and the PS4 controller, they all rest in the palm, while the PS3 controller I actually have rest in my fingers. Then there's the GameCube controller, which is still the most comfortable controller ever.

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Jacob717

I just have both index fingers on the shoulder buttons, and if I need to use a trigger button, I shift my index finger to that button.

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LaserdiscGal

Typically with my hands.

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EngieBengie

You can hold controllers?

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Jaz007

I use 4 fingers on be triggers. A number of games use both at the same time and I don't see why you wouldn't do that and always have access to both. It'd be weird to have switch around since they the Dualshocks haven't been flat since the PS2 as well.

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DefHalan

I general I do find a lot of Sony players use 4 fingers for this triggers while non-Sony players use only 2... just in general.

People keep saying the Xbox One doesn't have Backwards Compatibility.
I don't think they know what Backwards Compatibility means...

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Tasuki

I use my index fingers for the triggers and my middle fingers for the back triggers and my left thumb for the dpad/ analog stick and my right thumb for the right analog stick and the face buttons (A,B,X,Y or whatever there called for their perspective system) for most games.

For fighting games I use my left thumb for the dpad/analog stick and my index and middle fingers for the face buttons kinda like a fighting stick I try to avoid using the shoulder buttons for fighting games.

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