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Why do some gamers invert their controls? Scientists now have answers, but they’re not what you think (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Someone who played a lot of flight sims in the 1980s may have unconsciously taught themselves to invert and now they consider that their innate preference

Yes. Yes, I do.

For what it's worth, I've played with my buddy's controller while he refilled the chips bowl enough to give uninverted a fair try. I play fine at it. I just don't like it.

[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I learned what a joystick was from my grandpa who used it exclusively to play WWI and WWII flight simulators. Almost all of my use of a joystick before the age of 5 was on one of those games.

Today I am equally comfortable with joysticks set either way. Guess it's just a personal preference?

Edit: maybe it's because thumbsticks feel a bit inherently different to me because of the different grip.