I can’t believe Xbox doesn’t have gyros at this point. Even Nintendo has gyros in their controllers. I haven’t had an Xbox since the 360, so this is actually a surprise to me.
Even Nintendo has gyros in their controllers
Nintendo have had gyros in their controllers since 2006 with the release of the Wii. Basically right there with Sony (Nov 11th vs Nov 19th 2006)
Nintendo has had gyros since the NES. I swear it made a difference when we moved tge controller around!
With Gyroscope aiming you use the stick for large, broad movements, but for small adjustments you move the controller itself. It’s new as of about 2016ish.
The explanation and video here is good.
https://www.digitec.ch/en/page/aiming-with-sticks-so-yesterday-gyro-aiming-is-the-future-24968
It already doesn’t have PC crossplay, why not just disable console crossplay, or use the same input based matchmaking other games use, with gyro as an added input? Disabling a superior input is incredibly stupid and will lower the skill ceiling of the game, which is already going to be lower than on PC.
I’ve never messed with gyro aiming, is it really superior? I might have to give it a try in something if that’s the case.
IMO it is definitely very superior. If you practice enough you can get pretty close to the precision and speed of a mouse for small movements.
What’s a good gyro aim game? I’ve only used it in the new Zelda games (which admittedly was really nice to aim with)
I mostly play on a Steam Deck, which lets you use it on most games by emulating a mouse. I played through GTA5 and some other shooters with it. On switch, the others I know of are Splatoon 2 and Overwatch 2 (I think)
Splatoon
It’s superior if you have the option to adjust the sensitivity. In most games that don’t have a sensitivity setting, it’s way too sensitive, so unless you can hold your hands perfectly still your aim is gonna be fucked.
And since most games don’t have any sensitivity settings for the gyro, I rarely use it.
That does make sense. I’ve mainly used gyro on PC, where Steam Input lets you change the sensitivity per game.
Are Xbox players paste-eaters or something?
Guess they need to disable mice and trackballs now
You already can’t use those on these systems though
I thought mice and trackballs worked on PlayStation and Xbox?
I believe they work on the main console interface, but the majority of games don’t implement support, especially FPS games due to the advantage they offer.
