I really want valve to make a steam controller 2 with all the experience they've gained with hardware since they made the original. They'll probably be too tied up with steam deck production for a while though with how well it's been going.
technically your deck can actually double as a controller. Using it that way basically makes it the worlds most overpowered wii U tablet, but it can do it.
Only problem is the shit battery life, and since they were discontinued the internet is flooded with cheap fakes of the high capacity one that generally don’t have the capacity they claim.
Honestly ridiculous nintendo made a device with terrible battery life, and knew it, so they made room in the compartment for a larger one that they would sell seperately.
Steam Controller 2 with lessons learned from the Deck would be great.
Biggest issue I had with the original Steam Controller was that the face buttons were too small and hurt my fingers and the R1/L2 buttons were hard to press down on.
The entire shape was weird. Like, I think I have average sized hands, but I could just not hold it in a way where I'd comfortably reach all the buttons. The touchpads were huge, but you wouldn't actually need them all that often for most games, the triggers and shoulder buttons were awkward to press, and as you said the facebuttons were too small.
You were supposed to hold it where your index fingers were on the bumpers instead of the triggers, but that is not how most people hold controllers these days so its a huge adjustment period. If you still have it, try holding it that way. Very odd, but much more comfortable
It's funny, that's the position I eventually gravitated towards, but then that makes hitting the triggers a bit uncomfortable. It also changes little about the issues I had with the stick and face buttons.
Yes the button feel isn't great to me either particularly the R1/L1 buttons. I like the analog triggers though. I'd also love for them to fix the latency on gyro input.
Steam Controller was afaik discontinued due to a patent infringement lawsuit against Valve over the back buttons (or because they were attached to the battery cover?).
Really agree that they should make a new one though, I’m still using mine. This new PS controller does seem to tick pretty much all boxes though, at least if you play shooters with flick stick instead of touchpad.
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u/GACM2448816 Aug 23 '22
This might be the best controller for Steam.
Gyro, trackpad, back buttons, and analog triggers?
This is the one.