This is more ergonomic and precise compared to a stick. It's completely down to personal preference, but this layout is getting a lot more popular. Fight sticks have been popular because of oldschool arcade machines and historical inertia, but designs are branching out now (see "mixboxes", keyboard users and all sorts of custom layouts online).
Neat. And thanks for the insight. Do you have a good source for those button/switches? I'm working on a 3D design mouse and am intrigued by these arcade buttons
I've been looking into building my own leverless for Tekken, but I want to make sure it's PS5 compatible. What microcontroller did you use for this project? And thank you for the small boost in determination, I needed it.
I'm using a R.Pi with GP2040-CE firmware. It doesn't work with PS5, but I have a Brooke USB convertor (that's just for local events, I only have a PC at home). I used to have the Brooke convertor embedded inside the hitbox but that gave trou le with my Linux PC at home.
Let me know if you need help with the process. If you don't have woodworking g experience there's still a very easy way to make this yourself (with some tools).
I play on PC but was looking for PS5 compatability regardless... I eyed up the UFB-Fusion earlier...
As for the case, I have access to lasercut acrylic on my campus so I will try to design a stacked acrylic body (have experience from making keyboards). Still stuck between implementing arcade buttons with loose wiring or if I should make a "daughter"-board PCB with low profile mechanical switch contacts.
I recently built a small hitbox style controller as well. Really fun to play on. Still bad at the game though lol. I am finding this a lot easier on my hands and wrists.