Steam Controller Redesign Includes Analog Thumbstick

[Strazdas]

The Steam controller is looking more and more like a traditional controller with each redesign.

What you mean is steam controller is looking more and more obsolete before its launch with each redesign. Anyone that wants traditional controller on PC already has one. everyone that wanted steam one - wont get it anymore. who is this controller for again?

First thing to keep in mind when trying to innovate: Everything that exists has a reason to exist. If you want to improve it, find that reason first, then think about how to make the thing better. Not the other way around.

also to remmeber that sometimes the reason things exist is not because they were wanted, but because we were limited in our capabilities to produce things.

I thought the point of the trackpads was to emulate mouse movement, not WASD movement. Why does it need two trackpads? One would work perfectly fine, and not way up the controller either. That would be like moving someones foot pedal in their car.

both. one would emulate WASD, other mouse. also, you could set it up any way you want. as in you could emulate anything. costumizable keys and all. all of that is out of the window now though.

 

[likalaruku]

If only all joypads used soft rubber buttons instead of hard plastic ones.

 

[Something Amyss]

you could use em as a D-pad, you could use em as action buttons for console ports, you could use em as hotkeys for PC games, to me it looked perfect, i cant see why they made this change, that analog takes away so much possible customization

The simplest answer is that they're not as good as you think they are. I can think of other reasons, but they require extraneous steps to get there.

 

[NuclearKangaroo]

you could use em as a D-pad, you could use em as action buttons for console ports, you could use em as hotkeys for PC games, to me it looked perfect, i cant see why they made this change, that analog takes away so much possible customization

The simplest answer is that they're not as good as you think they are. I can think of other reasons, but they require extraneous steps to get there.

i dont buy it

if that was the case they shouldve never developed these controllers

plus the analog is truthly a big freakin' problem, lets say they added it because the trackpads dont make such good analogs, fine, but you are losing 4 buttons on the constroller to make room for it, not to mention the analog is almost completely useless for any proper PC game, seriously, what functions can be mapped for it on say, civ 5? or company of heroes 2?

the controller is made much more incompetent at handling PC games because of it, and handling PC games, was the whole bloody point, that was the big pitch, you will be able to play your PC games on the couch, all games will be compatible, even old ones

well thats going to be significantly harder now