Quote Originally Posted by MecaKane
I've used the d-pad a lot for Resident Evil Code Veronica, holding down foreward/up while shifting my thumb to left or right buttons has never caused me any pain. Someone needs to get thicker skin, I guess.
I said fast games where you need to press directions on the dpad in all different directions. Take a game like Devil May Cry where you need to be quick with the dpad and you gotta press the dpad really fast to move around, dodge enemy attacks and such. A fighting game (use Dpads on these, not thumbsticks, trust me) can really chew up your thumb. I was playing Guilty Gear X for awhile with that and I devloped a huge blister on my thumb, then I got a third party controller with a plus shaped dpad and it never happened again.