Not sure you can say the Playstation controller was “impossible to improve”:
1995:
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1997: (Dual Analog, no rumble)
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1997: (Dualshock):
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2000: (Dualshock 2):
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2006: (SIXAXIS - Sony lost a rumble lawsuit and removed rumble as a feature):
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2007: (Dualshock 3 - Rumble lawsuit settled):
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2013: (Dualshock 4):
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2020: (Dualsense)
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2023: (Dualsense Edge):
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Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 6 months ago
And then there are companies that take good designs and engineering, and quietly scuttle them to be replaced with something far crappier. Why? To sell more of course. I’m looking at you, Whirlpool.