stackyFACTSBecause pushing a button is apparently too easy, hardware engineers built tiny robots designed specifically to resist you.
Because pushing a button is apparently too easy, hardware engineers built tiny robots designed specifically to resist you. Modern controllers feature small, motorized gear systems inside the back triggers that physically jam the mechanism to simulate the tension of pulling a bowstring or firing a weapon. Your plastic controller is quite literally engaging in a highly engineered arm-wrestling match with your index fingers.
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