Comment on Not only will the new Steam Controller scream at you but it can play tunes as well

• acido@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  all my controllers have had haptics, yet none of them ever played tunes because… how can I say? they were controllers.

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  • Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Older controllers probably didn’t have haptics that could be controlled to playback sound files. Once you have that though, it’s relatively free to add. It’s not a feature the controller is sold on, because it doesn’t really matter, but it is a cool bonus to add for free, and let’s the devs have a little fun.

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    • acido@feddit.it ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      yet it’s full of articles about it.

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  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    My DualSense controller has a literal speaker in it, and lots of PS5 games use it. Are you mad at that too?

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    • acido@feddit.it ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      no one here is mad except the Valve fanboys.

      also I got a DualSense too and yes, I think it’s one of the most useless things (together with the microphone) that I’ve seen on a controller.

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    • zalgotext@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The fucking original Wii remotes had speakers in it and played all kinds of sounds playing Wii Sports lmao

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  • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    The reason none of your haptic controllers played tunes is because the programmers never got to have fun with it, not from a lack of ability.

    Go look at 3D printers, most of them use their motors to make little beeps and jingles as feedback to the user. I even have custom gcode that gets added to every print so a tune is played when the print is done. That’s actually useful because I don’t need to wonder whether it’s done and check on it like a pot that’s about to boil

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    • acido@feddit.it ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      and what’s the utility in a controller?

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      • DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I’m curious what your stance on RGB keyboards, mice, and other peripherals are. What is the utility there? Do you have different colored clothing? If so why? What is the utility there?

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  • Datz@szmer.info ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Wiimote played sounds, and from what I saw online, that shitty little speaker gave a lot of memories to kids (especially the Smash Bros Brawl sounds)

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    • acido@feddit.it ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      lol imagine having memories of your controller making sounds.

      I’d rather have memories of the games.

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      • Miphera@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        now imagine this: both are possible

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