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Steam Database tweeted a picture of a redesigned Steam controller that now features an analog thumbstick. Your thoughts?
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The two touch pads are still there, so this just gives more options. They just replaced the face buttons they placed on the left side in the first revision with a joystick.Kinda defeats the purpose if you put a analog stick.
I still don't get why they're bothering with adding so much more junk to the controller. All that really needed to be done was to make the haptic pads act as both joystick and button. If you have your thumb in the center, and move it to the outside, that can act as an analog input, while tapping a direction (or a raised nub on the track pads in each cardinal direction) acts as a button.
With the face buttons and the dpad of the last version, I kinda figured they were going to go that route (analog emulation on the pads), but now with this analog stick, I have no idea what the heck their plan is.
Was there ever a dpad on the controller. I just remember 4 buttons on both sides.
Give it another six months and it's going to look exactly like a Dual Shock. Then there will be horrendous backlash from the community and another six months of redesign before it reaches its final incarnation: a Steam branded mouse and keyboard.
The two touch pads are still there, so this just gives more options. They just replaced the face buttons they placed on the left side in the first revision with a joystick.
I'm still scratching my head over this Steam controller.
PC gamers prefer mouse+KB. PC gamers are rabid in their defense of mouse+KB as a superior input method. I mean, start a thread about mouse+KB versus Xbox analog stick and it'll turn into a giant flame war.
And now PC gamers are defending....touchpads? I guess it's just the religious-like devotion to the Valve corporation that's driving the hype over this bizarre touchpad contraption.
If this device was created by EA and called the Origin Controller, the Internets would be pointing and laughing.
I'm still scratching my head over this Steam controller.
PC gamers prefer mouse+KB. PC gamers are rabid in their defense of mouse+KB as a superior input method. I mean, start a thread about mouse+KB versus Xbox analog stick and it'll turn into a giant flame war.
And now PC gamers are defending....touchpads? I guess it's just the religious-like devotion to the Valve corporation that's driving the hype over this bizarre touchpad contraption.
If this device was created by EA and called the Origin Controller, the Internets would be pointing and laughing.
I'm still scratching my head over this Steam controller.
PC gamers prefer mouse+KB. PC gamers are rabid in their defense of mouse+KB as a superior input method. I mean, start a thread about mouse+KB versus Xbox analog stick and it'll turn into a giant flame war.
And now PC gamers are defending....touchpads? I guess it's just the religious-like devotion to the Valve corporation that's driving the hype over this bizarre touchpad contraption.
If this device was created by EA and called the Origin Controller, the Internets would be pointing and laughing.
I understand and agree with you 100%. But...I'm pretty sure PC gamers recognize the general superiority of KB+Mouse in most games, but also recognize the usefulness of a traditional controller in some instances. Side scrollers for example are awesome with a d-pad controller but suck (imo) with keyboard + mouse. Old school RPGs ala Final Fantasy 3 also feel much better with a controller.
Anyone who wants to play an FPS on a controller over a KB+Mouse is crazy though.