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PC Gaming: Why ESDF is Objectively Better than WASD

Chad likes to play PC games and secretly thinks that makes him better than non PC gamers, but he hates how every PC game defaults to WASD as a control scheme. ESDF is the far superior option, and here he details why.

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nope1114374d ago

It all looks so uncomfortable to me.

ginsunuva4374d ago

Yes, looks, but isn't.

If you haven't tried it, you can't know.

Xof4374d ago

I've always heard that the... alternative to WASD was superior, but I didn't think it was called ESDF.

Still, I'm too efficient with WASD to be arsed to learn a new setup.

Tempest3174374d ago (Edited 4374d ago )

Exactly this. I don't care how much "better" ESDF is, I have been using WASD for better than a decade...can't teach an old dog new tricks. It doesn't really feel all that weird to shift my fingers over half an inch to then be on the home row. Not to mention what kind of ridiculous mutant tiny hands does the author have? I can easily hit 25 keys in the WASD position. He really can't hit the 1 or 2 keys? Or Z?

Clown_Syndr0me4374d ago (Edited 4374d ago )

I never ever needed that many keys to raid on WoW, and I did fine. Im not a PC gamer so I don't really know, but this seems like such a minimal change I cant see it making much difference.

Tempest3174374d ago

When I raided on WoW, I used modifiers (shift/ctrl/alt) to change the action bar in use...really not necessary to hit 25 totally separate keys, when you can do 1-5/Q/E, then SHIFT+1-5/Q/E, etc.

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai17d ago (Edited 17d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio17d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing17d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster9217d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit17d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing17d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster9217d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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Report: Injustice 3 in Development at NetherRealm Studios

Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.

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Spiders Studio, Developers of GreedFall: The Dying World, Announce Liquidation of the Company

Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.

What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.

We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.

If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."