Valve says steam deck is just a pc but they are drunk. It's also a comprehensive follow up to the steam controller. It is the steam controller 2. But with a pc in it.
I am a huge fan of steam controller but jeez it's time for an upgrade. First off, mine is has something going on where the touch pad clicks and paddles are needing gradually more force to register. At this point, the trackpad clicks are totally unusable and the paddles are flaky.
The trackpad clicks are no loss. That was never good. They take too much force, even when working correctly. They feel like the pop-o-matic bubble. And sound like it. It's called a tactile switch or a tactile dome. The shoulder buttons have tactile switches, too. That sound is not the silkiest. Am I right? Yes.
What it always needed was the trackpad on a low travel bladder with pressure sensitivity. As far as I can tell, that what steam controller 2 has in it.
Also, those trackpads ended up being much larger than necessary. Seemed about right at first, but after getting a lot of hours on the controller, they don't need to be that big. The ones on the sc2 look perfect.
I'm frustrated at how I'm looking right at steam controller 2 but it's called a "steamdeck". It's even worse not knowing if this controller will ever be made as a stand-alone.
If it was a forgone conclusion that it was eventually going to happen, I could chill out. I'm not really sure it's going to happen tho.
Maybe since there are replacement parts, people can make them? Idk. I'm desperate. Who else cares this much?
Valve, please. Take the pc OUT, and give me the controller. I don't care what you do with the pc. Put it on eBay or something.
I am a huge fan of steam controller but jeez it's time for an upgrade. First off, mine is has something going on where the touch pad clicks and paddles are needing gradually more force to register. At this point, the trackpad clicks are totally unusable and the paddles are flaky.
VALVE. I will put a steamdeck through a bandsaw and sue you when I cut off my thumb I swear to God.
The trackpad clicks are no loss. That was never good. They take too much force, even when working correctly. They feel like the pop-o-matic bubble. And sound like it. It's called a tactile switch or a tactile dome. The shoulder buttons have tactile switches, too. That sound is not the silkiest. Am I right? Yes.
What it always needed was the trackpad on a low travel bladder with pressure sensitivity. As far as I can tell, that what steam controller 2 has in it.
It's also got a pc in it and now the controller is all stretched out. So is the price. $400 for a controller!?!?
Also, those trackpads ended up being much larger than necessary. Seemed about right at first, but after getting a lot of hours on the controller, they don't need to be that big. The ones on the sc2 look perfect.
I'm frustrated at how I'm looking right at steam controller 2 but it's called a "steamdeck". It's even worse not knowing if this controller will ever be made as a stand-alone.
If it was a forgone conclusion that it was eventually going to happen, I could chill out. I'm not really sure it's going to happen tho.
Maybe since there are replacement parts, people can make them? Idk. I'm desperate. Who else cares this much?
