Dear brained,
Have you ever plugged in another mouse, and asked, Why are there not TWO little arrows on my screen?
Keyboards? Open two notepad windows. Can two people type in their own, at the same time? Right.
Now, move just one USB flashdrive around to each port. New hardware found??? This is nuts...
That is why each controller MUST have it's own unique hardware ID. The Super-I/O in computers is not the same
as I/O controllers in game systems. Joystick and gamepad encoders are set up for one or two players, but you
can't use a set of one-player encoders, as a two-player encoder, unless you could get inside one and change it's
hardware ID number.
This an arcade support forum, not a debate forum. If you already have your mind set on one idea, why ask us anything.
You already have your own answers.
- David