Find out whether or not the Nintendo Switch Lite features a D-Pad or the same buttons from the original Nintendo Switch. There’s a lot to take in when it comes to the Nintendo Switch Lite, the new ...

Update: Hori has confirmed to Nintendo Life the issue pertaining to the d-pad joy-con using battery power while the Switch is in sleep mode has been resolved with the release of Switch firmware 6.0 in ...

For gamers who’ve griped about the Xbox 360’s leveled down d-pad, Microsoft’s telling old-school controller fans ‘have it your way’. In fact: Have it both ways. On November 9, the company says you’ll ...

Hori is making a left Joy-Con controller for the Nintendo Switch that features a cross-button directional pad, in lieu of the stock Joy-Con’s four buttons, but it comes with some serious drawbacks.

Somewhat obscured in the Nintendo Switch's launch is this fun fact: It's the first Nintendo console whose standard controller does not feature a D-pad. As Nintendo is the creator of the D-pad, this is ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The reason that the Xbox Series X controller does not feature swappable D-pads is because it ...

The latest Google Home version 2.47.10 is now rolling out D-Pad controls for even more precise management of your Android TV or Chromecast with Google TV devices. It was not until the previous v2.46 ...

Not that long ago, Hideki Kamiya was berating Nintendo for the lack of a proper d-pad on the Switch, as well as the fact the console still had no Virtual Console. Well, it seems that Hori has a ...

Nintendo has a long history of building innovative game controllers -- the company put shoulder buttons on the SNES gamepad, added force feedback to the N64's bizarre controller and made a fad out of ...

In the past five years, Microsoft has encountered a number of complaints regarding its Xbox 360 hardware. The most vociferous of those were likely related to critical hardware failures, but not far ...

The official wireless Xbox 360 controller hasn't changed much over the years; in fact, outside of a few special edition variations, it has remained almost entirely the same. However, since the console ...