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An experimental trackball game controller (www.yorku.ca)
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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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[–] tal@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week 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