Do you use a stylus, or just a finger? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by WhoRoger@lemmy.world to c/3ds@lemmy.world

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I find it curious that I've never seen a video of someone controlling their DS/3DS touchscreen with just a finger.

I've used touchscreens on mobile devices even before the DS was out, and I almost never use the stylus, just my fingernail.

Recently I've been on a binge of trying out DS shooters that control the aiming via touchscreen, and just using my thumb I can hold the handheld like a normal console controller, with aiming similar to having a right thumbstick. Can't imagine fiddling with a stylus to aim, ew.

And no I don't have long fingernails, just completely normal human ones. I'm also not worried about damaging the screen - if anything, fingernails are softer than hard plastic.

Am I really the only one?

Made a poll in the comments, please vote by upvoting, I'm curious.

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[-] all-knight-party@kbin.cafe 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Because the touch screen isn't capacitive I find that I have to press harder than expected with my finger to get a result, meaning some of the time when I press it doesn't register, which usually means fuck that when it comes to playing an active game.

If it's something turn based or a visual novel like Phoenix Wright then I'll use a finger for comfort, cause if it doesn't register a tap it's not the end of the world

[-] WhoRoger@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Yea that's how it works, you need to press down a bit. It brings me back to the times of PDAs and Sony Ericsson smartphones from 20 years ago, so I'm used to it. I guess of you're only used to capacitive glass touchscreens, it may seem weird. I remember even back then people sometimes couldn't wrap their head around that they need to push a little.

I just find it weird to swap between the 3DS and phone today, but otherwise could live with either system.