The shoulder buttons go from being the most easily accessed buttons on the controller to the most difficult.Ī child’s grip strength is lower, and thus so is their ability to hold a heavy controller comfortably, especially one not designed for their hand size. They usually have to use all four fingers to hold up a heavy device. In most games the left hand controls movement - meaning an analog stick - and the right hand controls discreet inputs - meaning the dpad/button diamond.Ĭhildren’s also struggle to reach shoulder buttons and have lower grip width, so the natural gamer grip in which two fingers are resting on the shoulder buttons does not work at all for children. This is a direct consequence of how a kid might use the controller. On the left hand of the switch the stick is above and the dpad below, and the opposite is true on the right. Still, the kid’s thumb will have difficulty reaching both so rapid switches are not possible. The shape of the joycon is designed for easy access for small hands for both. The opposite is true on the xbox controller. Big enough to use a dpad on the playstation controller but not large enough to use the analog stick comfortably.
