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[-] nUbee@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Fun trivia about the Xbox controller is that their design is heavily influenced by Sega's. The Xbox controller has the same face button layout as the Dreamcast's. And if you compare the Duke (original fat) controller to a Saturn/Genesis/Mega Drive 6-button controller, you can think of those black and white buttons as the former C and Z buttons.

Some consider the OG Xbox as a successor to the Dreamcast.

[-] Venat0r@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Might be possible that they were using dreamcast controllers during initial development:

Previously, Sega had developed a version of Windows CE for its Dreamcast console to be used by game developers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_(console)#Creation_and_development

Gates was in talks with Sega's late chairman Isao Okawa about the possibility of Xbox compatibility with Dreamcast games, but negotiations fell apart over whether the Dreamcast's SegaNet online service should be implemented.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_(console)#Initial_announcement_and_content_acquisitions

https://web.archive.org/web/20170825063139/http://kotaku.com/5447897/how-xbox-could-have-helped-the-dreamcast-survive

[-] Saneless@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

We especially said that when Xbox got Shenmue 2 in the states

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