Yeah. I have a Steam controller that I’d use if it had 2 thumbsticks. The touchpad is okay for controlling the cursor but otherwise it’s annoying.
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tiberius@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
I can wait for 2028, but how about giving us a Steam Controller 2? Take the screen out of a steam deck and call it a day.
Anegro_Montoya@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 hours ago
I love the thumbpads
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
It’s coming, expected to launch alongside the upcoming Steam Machine.
blindsight@beehaw.org 1 day ago
This one I’m excited for. A Steam Machine would be great, and my biggest gripe with controller play on my desktop is the missing trackpads mean Steam Input didn’t work. There are games that I choose to stream to/play on my Deck over using my 1440p 32" screen on my gaming rig because I don’t have Steam Input on my desktop.
Natanael@infosec.pub 20 hours ago
You know there’s a funny workaround here - stream the game from your PC to the Deck over Steam Remote Play while keeping that PC monitor on, and then use the Steam Deck only as a controller while looking at the big screen. It will add a bit of latency to controls, but it’s surprisingly not bad
BunScientist@lemmy.zip 17 hours ago
What do you mean? steam input works as long as you have steam, your controller doesn’t matter unless it’s a really really rare unsupported controller
blindsight@beehaw.org 15 hours ago
I mean using the Track Pads, often for things like radial menus. A lot of PC games need more inputs than exist on a controller.
arudesalad@piefed.ca 1 day ago
This would be great, I recently used a regular xbox controller for the first time since I got my deck and it felt so small and all the buttons were in the wrong place and it made me mad.
TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Almost. Also put the dual stage triggers back in.