If you’ve ever picked up a controller mid-session and hit B when you meant A, you already understand the problem. The disagreement between Xbox and Nintendo over button layout has been a source of thumb-based chaos since 2002, and mobile gaming has made it worse. When you’re bouncing between Game Pass streaming and retro emulation on the same device, your muscle memory takes a beating.
It’s not a new problem, and it’s not short of solutions. GameSir and Hyperkin showed off a modular gamepad at CES with interchangeable face modules for N64 and GameCube configurations. The EasySMX M20 takes a different tack, and it is one of the most elegant approaches yet: a rotating face button cluster, branded as RoSync, that physically swaps the ABXY arrangement to match whichever system you’re currently playing on. No swapping modules, no digging through software settings. You rotate, you play.
The rest of the M20’s spec sheet doesn’t phone it in either. It’s a full-stretch wraparound controller connecting to Android devices and newer iPhones via USB-C, built on similar bones to the EasySMX X10, which has earned a reputation as one of the strongest PC controller options on the market. On board, you’ve got hall-effect thumbsticks, mechanical face buttons, trigger locks, and dual-grip motors with haptic feedback across 10 intensity levels.
Pre-orders are open now at $69.99 directly from EasySMX, with a 10% discount promo code available at the brand’s own site, dropping that to $62.99. Shipping kicks off from mid-April.
The timing makes sense. RAM shortages are pushing prices up on dedicated gaming handhelds, and more players are turning to phones and tablets for their portable fix. For that crowd, especially anyone regularly toggling between Nintendo emulation and Xbox Game Pass streaming, the rotating layout is the kind of quality-of-life feature that’s easy to underestimate until you’ve spent a session fighting the wrong button map.
Swappable face buttons were always going to show up somewhere. It’s good that when they did, someone thought to make it this simple.
Source: Games Radar
