Comment on If you drop (or throw) your new Steam Controller it will scream at you

• ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Why does a controller need a speaker to begin with? Or, I assume, a gyroscope.

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  • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Gyros are incredible and it doesn’t have a speaker. The haptics motors make that noise by vibrating.

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  • Kaiserschmarrn@feddit.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The controller doesn’t have a speaker. The sound is produced by its haptic motors.

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    • SavinDWhales@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Uh. I think it does. You can page it in case you’ve misplaced it and it will ring.

      Also, on/off sounds, etc.

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      • morbidcactus@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        The og did all of that through haptics, it worked really well. don’t see cutouts in the case for a speaker and I didn’t see any mention on ifixit, feel like valve would have listed it in the specs.

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    • ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Oh that sounds like a great way to burn them out!

      Did that too an OG Xbox controller once. Makes this feature even worse.

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      • Jolteon@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        If that were enough to burn out haptic motors, they would burn out after only a couple hours of use.

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  • mememuseum@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Controllers have had gyroscopes since the Dualshock 3.

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  • JillyB@beehaw.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Well many controllers have gyros for aiming or stearing or whatever. It would be weird if it didn’t. The previous steam controller had probably the best gyro of any controller.

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    • ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      People use those outside of a wii game?

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  • GammaGames@beehaw.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The gryo is a big selling point

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