Leaker here is Brad Lynch, who generally seems reliable as a leaker for Valve software and products. He was also the source for the leaked renders of the steam controller.

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      The layout was very very non standard and had a single stick. I’m smoking a lot of weed but I can tell you the n64 controller doesn’t count here.

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        I said it was first I didn’t say it was standard. But being the first it definitionally can’t be “nonstandard” since it was the only one at the time!

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          How many controllers since the N64 have used that layout? The Sega Saturn Fat Controller is a more standard layout than the N64 controller.

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      I’ll just include consoles that came with symmetrical or asymmetrical for simplicity’s sake:

      Symmetrical:

      PS2: 160 million

      PS3: 87 million

      PS4: 117 million

      PS5: 92 million

      Wii U: 14 million

      Symmetrical total: 470 million

      Asymmetrical:

      Xbox: 24 million

      Xbox 360: 84 million

      Xbox One: 58 million

      Xbox Series X: 35 million

      Gamecube: 21 million

      Switch: 155 million

      Switch 2: 17 million

      Asymmetrical total: 394 million

      More people have played on symmetrical controllers than asymmetrical.

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      Why would a single analog stick be relevant in a discussion of whether symmetrical or asymmetrical analog sticks are “regular”?