Comment on New rumor suggests Valve's Steam Deck 2 is much further away than we thought
mrfriki@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The only things I need from a new deck are ergonomic changes, larger display a better grips and buttons placement, specifically back buttons and shoulders/triggers. Not in a hurry though.
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
How would you change the ergonomics/button placement? I find everything pretty comfy where it is, but I have somewhat large hands.
mrfriki@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The Deck shape is too square, I know this is for maintaining the smallest footprint, but for comfort it should be shape more like a parallelogram with the sides pointing slightly outwards, like regular controllers are. For my the shape of the PS4 is perfect but if that is too much the something more subtle like the 8BitDo ultimate, albeit no ideal, would do it.
Regarding the shoulder buttons the triggers are recessed compared to the shoulder buttons, this is this way because with a square shape is the only solution available. It’s the exact same layout as the Wii U tablet controller and makes it difficult to easily reach both the shoulder and trigger without cramping your hands. With a non square shape the top of the Deck could be more rounded and then have buttons layout similar to regular controllers.
As for the back buttons well, they are simply horrible, flat, only shaped and positioned (they are at a straight angle when the should be tilted slightly inwards), they are hard to press and uncomfortable for longer gaming sessions. Anything they do with these should be an improvement.