As for why anyone would want a six-axis, 17-slider, 128-button joystick, think about this: with this much control, it would be relatively simple to build the MIDI controller to end all MIDI ...

I doubt that we will see the joystick built into the home button within the next couple versions of the iPhones like the iPhone 6s (expected in 2015) or the iPhone 7 (expected in 2016) because it ...

In my August 2008 column, I wrote about how to use a Wiimote from a Nintendo Wii on a Linux system as a general-purpose wireless joystick. In that column, I covered how to bind use buttons not only on ...

The joysticks on the Nintendo Switch’s Joy-Cons were surprisingly low-profile when they came out. But years later, they’ve become a symbol for the problems that can plague traditional designs.

If there’s one genre of gaming where players are incredibly picky about their controllers, it’s fighting games. So to appeal to as many gamers as ...

Add pressure however, and the button would spring up slightly to function as a small thumb joystick. Diagrams included in the patent, which can be seen below, show how the device might look.

The Nintendo 64 controller may have been strange-looking, but its pioneering use of a joystick for navigating 3D environments in games was a pivotal moment in gaming history.

Razer has opted to lose the joystick with its new Kitsune arcade controller in favor of buttons. The all-button optical arcade controller is designed to be used with the PlayStation 5 and PC.

The button has two modes: standard, which will work like the current home button, and a gaming mode, where the button transforms into a gaming joystick.