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[–] Minotaur@lemm.ee 119 points 2 years ago (23 children)

Just as a fun fact, it’s actually quite common for industrial machinery and the like to be controlled with a gaming controller. Like, a hundred things wrong with the submarine trip - but the PlayStation controller is genuinely one of the more legitimate aspects.

They’re simply made well, easy to use, and typically extremely durable and long lasting.

[–] YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH 58 points 2 years ago

It is also sort of like the WWII US grenade being modeled on a baseball because every young American knew how to throw a ball.

Everyone has used gaming controllers, so it is a familiar control system.

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