Talk:Dreamcast accessories

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I've deleted the following passage from the controller section:

Also complaints exist regarding the perplexing lack of action buttons compared to contemporary and previous consoles-- the Dreamcast controller only featured four face buttons and two shoulder buttons, an arragement that gave the Dreamcast fewer control options than most sixteen-bit systems. In addition, the d-pad deviated from the circular floating d-pad found in the Saturn and Genesis, instead featuring an uncomfortable NES-like cross-shaped pad. Also many found the lack of a second analog thumbstick perplexing, as twin thumbsticks had become standard fare for console development thanks to the success of Sony's Dual Shock controller.

Here's my rationale:

1. The 'perplexing lack of buttons' part is wrong about it having fewer buttons than 16-bit systems. The Dreamcast has the same number of buttons as the 6-button Mega Drive controller (3 more than the original one), one more than the Neo Geo, three more than the PC Engine, and only one less than the SNES (Dreamcast is missing Select).

2. The Dual Shock controller was only released a year or two before the Dreamcast came out, and it could only be found on one brand of console (the PlayStation) until the GameCube and Xbox were released in autumn of 2001 -- 3 years after the Dreamcast came out.

3. None of this is sourced. (Granted, most of the article isn't.)