Editing Game controller (section)

=== Gamepad ===
{{Main article|Gamepad}}
[[File:Nintendo-Switch-Pro-Controller-FL.jpg|220px|thumb|right|A [[Nintendo Switch Pro Controller]], a typical modern two-stick gamepad]]
A [[gamepad]], also known as a joypad, is held in both hands with thumbs and fingers used to provide input. Gamepads can have a number of [[Gamepad|action button]]s combined with one or more omnidirectional control sticks or buttons. Action buttons are generally handled with the digits on the right hand, and the directional input handled with the left. Gamepads are the primary means of input on most modern [[video game console]]s. Due to the ease of use and user-friendly nature of gamepads, they have spread from their origin on traditional consoles to [[personal computer]]s, where a variety of games and emulators support their input as a replacement for [[Computer keyboard|keyboard]] and [[Mouse (computing)|mouse]] input.<ref name="PCGamepad">{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Patrick |date=26 January 2010 |title=How to Use Your Console Gamepad with Your PC |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/187658/how_to_use_your_console_gamepad_with_your_PC.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307032755/https://www.pcworld.com/article/187658/how_to_use_your_console_gamepad_with_your_PC.html |archive-date=7 March 2021 |access-date=March 28, 2013}}</ref> Most modern game controllers are a variation of a standard gamepad. Common additions include shoulder buttons placed along the edges of the pad, centrally placed buttons labeled ''start'', ''select'', and ''mode'', and an internal motor to provide [[Haptic technology|haptic feedback]].

As modern game controllers advance, so too do their user ability qualities. Typically, the controllers become smaller and more compact to more easily, and comfortably, fit within the user's hand. Modern examples can be drawn from systems such as the first Xbox console, whose controller has changed in a variety of ways from the original [[Xbox 360 controller]] to the Xbox One controller introduced in 2013.