Why do developers keep adding virtual cursors to console games? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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It just feels lazy to me, like the developer couldn't be bothered adjusting the UI for consoles so they copied the PC interface and bound the mouse cursor to a stick. Some games do both at the same time, having menues navigable both with buttons and a cursor, but usually that makes all menus unreliable and unprecise as hell.

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[-] domstoppable@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

By "wheels", do you mean pie menus? What don't you like about them?

[-] xeekei@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

They are often very blatantly designed for a controller and a far-away screen. Take up the whole screen a lot of the time despite very few possible selections. Often they don't even include a cursor and you just drag a highlight from the centre of the wheel.

I mean, they work, but no one can say that they're designed for M+KB imo.