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Can we make this the universal button layout?

Game designer Alex Camilleri shared an image of a controller button layout created by his wife, and it makes a lot more sense than the designs we have now.

Instead of sporting the traditional X, B, A, and Y layout, this controller mockup turns the buttons into a compass rose, naming them N, S, E, and W for each cardinal direction. Why didn’t anyone think of this in the first place?

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