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Leak: Valve is making a Steam Controller 2 and a ‘Roy’ for its Deckard (www.theverge.com)

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm the minority that wishes the controller would have the same layout for the touchpads with it being large, circular, concave, and in the same upper positions.

I use dual touchpads on the Steam Controller to play games like Doom Eternal, Left 4 Dead 2, Spin Rhythm XD, The Finals, etc.

But, on the Deck I did not find the touchpad good for those games due to the shape, size, and placement so it turned out as being as useful as the dualsense with it becoming more a joystick controller than a touchpad controller I wanted to use in the same way I use the Steam Controller. Been hoping for years for a proper Steam Controller with upgraded gyro and 2 additional grips, but looks like it'll never happen even if Valve came out with a new controller when it comes to a dual touchpad controller I want to use. Would be more a xbox/sony controller alternative.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yes! The steam controller was legitimately incredible for first person games. The combination of left joystick and right touchpad was incredible once you got used to it.

I love my steam deck, but I was really disappointed with the touchpads... they are just too small too really use for much of anything other than menus. As a result, I really only play 2d games, since I hate 2-stick controls...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Yeah, I've been playing lot of 2d platformers on my Deck or button mashers like the Yakuza collection where I'm less likely to miss touchpads.