A problem in the fight-stick community

[WulffDen]

There’s a longer version of this over on TikTok if youre interested in hearing more kk love you ❤

[foreverclassic]

The solution here is to add a cheap joystick to the side that's removable. Nah HitBox, there's a lever.

[TheBatShade]

Technically the original nes and snes controller is all buttons. A d-pad is still buttons

[CRSSJ]

This is a dumb situation....Hitbox obviously thought losing their market from all these custom all button controllers, specially those that are homemade, they've trying to force others off the market.

[xavier]

I’ll be amazed if “Hitbox” (the company name) is copyrighted

[lukeerikdavis]

A patent is only as good as a companies ability to defend it. If they are really going to do so good luck making that case before a jury. Also, now I don’t even want a Hitbox Ultra just to stick it to em’.

[pinkie]

Ok, but the Pop'n Music controller is an all button arcade controller and that's been around since the early 2000s. Is Konami not allowed to sell Pop'n Music controllers anymore even though the Pop'n Music controller came first?

[RhythmViolence]

Ah yes Hitbox. The jacuzzi of hot tubs.

[otttimon]

Damn. They have to sue Nintendo for selling the NES controllers

[pkrazy]

Thats crazy. I only call those controllers hitbox controllers because they were first to market with the concept. But I'll never make that mistake again

[xxxxx]

No shot they actually got this patent.

[Просто_Иван]

Imagine if sony or whatever just patented two stick gamepad

[nate_d]

Guess what controller brand I'm not gonna hit box!

[destructodisk]

I’d like to see them try to sue companies like Microsoft who have controllers like these for disabled folks. Dumb patent approval strikes again.

[TheBlueArcher]

I already thought the hitbox people were jerks becasue they never improved on it's ergonomics and left it as a sharp cornered box. I'm surprised people still buy it. But now with this patent... wow...

[Xearrik]

So keyboard manufactures need to pay Hitbox a licensing fee now?

[Mingodough]

Why would you ever get keycaps for an arcade stick? One of the downsides to keyboard is hand cramps because the buttons are small and so packed together. Stick is supposed to make them buttons bigger and spread them out… I mean I guess people like it but I personally can’t see it

[PlayingItWrong]

This gets technical, so stay with me:

Hitbox can eat a s-

[Augrills]

Wouldn’t the original Nintendo controller count as a hit box since it was an all button controller?

[tboatrig]

The patent says signals sent to the console via wires. Make them wireless. I guess.