Anyone else hate how the Jump Pack loosens the controller wire?

[Londinium]

I'm not sure about just how common this is, but I've noticed this happening while playing Sonic Adventure 1 and 2.

The jump pack causes the wire to loosen from that little spot in the back of the controller. You know, the spot meant so the wire comes from the top of the controller? Such an annoyance.

I like the Jump Pack, I truly do, I just hate this design flaw.

[Ian Micheal]

I'm not sure about just how common this is, but I've noticed this happening while playing Sonic Adventure 1 and 2.

The jump pack causes the wire to loosen from that little spot in the back of the controller. You know, the spot meant so the wire comes from the top of the controller? Such an annoyance.

I like the Jump Pack, I truly do, I just hate this design flaw.

It's never happen for me maybe your controller slot for the cord is worn out or the cord is worn where you place it..

[killer-elite]

Dreamcast Controller Clip

"The Sega Dreamcast is a great console with a controller that had some odd design choices made for it. The most confusing is the controller cable that exits the back of the controller and then attaches to a clip built into the bottom of the controller guiding to the front. This makes absolutely no sense.

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[Tarnish]

Dreamcast Controller Clip

"The most confusing is the controller cable that exits the back of the controller and then attaches to a clip built into the bottom of the controller guiding to the front. This makes absolutely no sense."

I would say most people find this decision confusing, when there's actually logic to it.

Unlike with other controllers that you're not supposed to look at (unless maybe you can't remember which button is where), with the DC controller housing the VMU, certain games require you to look at the controller. I assume SEGA thought most people would rather lift the controller rather than lower their heads to look at the VMU screen, so they placed the cord at the bottom of the controller so that you're not lifting most of the cord as well (and potentially tugging at the cord), while also giving you the option clip in the cord in case you wanted to.

To me it's not the cable coming out of the bottom of the controller that "makes absolutely no sense". It's that they seem to have forgotten that the Jump Pack is so damn bulky that it gets in the way of the cable coming out of the clip..or the controller was designed so much after the Jump Pack they didn't want to change the controller when they realized it.

[OGDCFAN99]

I never used the controller clip. You have to basically bend the base of the cord 145 degrees to get it to clip in which breaks down the wire inside over time. Back in the day we always kept the cord clipped in and my original controllers from back then don't work due to the wire being internally broken.

Just use a couple controller extenders so the cord can comfortably hang down from the bottom of the controller without being clipped in or bent.

[DCGX]

I just let the cable hang from the bottom, and it never affects my game playing. I always have the Jump Pack in the controller too.