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artyom@piefed.social 1 day agoBecause phones already have touchpads on the screen. And games you would play on a phone would be optimized accordingly.
I suppose it’s not impossible, I’m just not sure there is any useful innovation to be had in that area.
Joelk111@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The SteamDeck also has a touchscreen. If you’re using your phone to stream games from your PC, I’d imagine that track pads would be much better, similar to with the SteamDeck.
I personally have no use for playing games on my phone with a controller, that’s why I bought a SteamDeck, but there could definitely be room for innovation, both in hardware and software, especially if you take streaming into account. A good steam-input supported controller could turn your phone into a killer game-streaming machine.
artyom@piefed.social 1 day ago
The Steam Deck has touchpads because many games are optimized for keyboard and mouse, not touchscreens. Phone games are not.
Not saying you’re wrong, just that there’s not a lot of value to be added there, in my opinion.
I suppose that’s a fair point.
The other consideration is that if you need those things, you can just connect a Steam Controller, and get one of those cheap phone mounts to attach to it. No need for a new product.
priapus@piefed.social 1 day ago
I’d assume they want it for Steam remote play
artyom@piefed.social 1 day ago
Yes that was addressed in the comment you just replied to.
Joelk111@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’d also agree that there isn’t a lot of value to the product, I know I wouldn’t buy one. I mainly just wanted to point out that there is definitely room for innovation and such in the space, and a phone controller that’s as nice as the SteamDeck controls doesn’t exist.