Comment on Might as well get a laptop???

theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• TheRedSpade@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah, how is it that none of these so-called “rivals” have even a single touchpad? I personally wouldn’t even consider a device that forces me to use a thumbstick as a mouse.

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  • yuri@pawb.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    nah babe just COVER your screen in fingerprints! everyone loves touch screens right??

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    • MajorHavoc@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      “I appreciate covering my screen in fingerprints, obviously. But what really makes me happy is trying dozens of times to get my fat thumb to register on an interface designed for a mouse.”

      Someone making hardware decisions at SteamDeck rival manufacturers, apparently.

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  • zqps@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Gotta be honest, i hardly ever use them on the Deck.

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    • TheRedSpade@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If I don’t have it docked I use the right one for anything first-person. I hate aiming with a thumbstick, so it gets used as a mouse. The left one usually gets used as a hotbar.

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  • atrielienz@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The Legion Go has a touchpad. I think even the newer one that’s been announced has an (albeit much smaller) touchpad.

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  • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ve never used the touchpads on mine outside of desktop mode. The vast majority of games have controller support.

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    • Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It depends what you play. Strategy games benefit from the touchpads as mice.

      Also I sometimes use the touchpads for touch menus.

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      • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yes it does, but as I said, the games that necessitate trackpads are a super minority. That’s why they’re not included in most devices. They take up a lot of space. The Steam Deck is significantly wider than most of it’s competitors.

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  • Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’d even settle for a Lenovo-style nipple for mouse control.

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• penquin@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Lmfao. I didn’t even notice that. Damn. They didn’t even put the joystick next to the buttons on the right side like the steam deck for better ergonomic, they STILL put it under the buttons.

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• SoftTeeth@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  • theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The device in the OP is not the steam deck

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    • SoftTeeth@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Oops my b

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