Steam Controller drops touch screen, adds physical buttons
New reports from Valve's developer-only Steam Dev Days reveal that the Steam Controller has been significantly revised
Last we got our hands on a Steam Controller, we thought it a bizarre device. With clickable trackpads instead of analog sticks and a number of oddly-placed triggers, the learning curve of Valve's new way of interfacing was certainly high. The company admitted that the controller was still in beta, and it looks like major changes are in the works.
New reports from Valve's developer-only Steam Dev Days reveal that the Steam Controller has been significantly revised, dropping the planned touch screen (which was a no-show at CES) and adding physical buttons. According to Engadget, the buttons will "approximate a d-pad and the standard A/B/X/Y configuration."
The addition of buttons--especially those that align with the now-standard Xbox configuration--should make switching to a Steam Controller much easier. However, it also makes the controller less unique, which may make it a difficult sell for gamers that are perfectly content with their Xbox 360 controllers.
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New reports from Valve's developer-only Steam Dev Days reveal that the Steam Controller has been significantly revised-
This is good news - the redesigned controller looks more user friendly, and without the touchscreen, it'll be much more affordable.
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areolas
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areola haptic thumbpads
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Thumbpads
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i cant believe people link CAD in 2013
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it is 2014
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woooosh....
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Steam Bulkheads (just to be a nauseating steam locomotive themed name)
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I like it but I think they should mutate the left 4 buttons into a real D-pad. Just like the MS and Sony controllers, I think there will be games where you are on the touch pads all the time and other games where you just use the buttons, and still others where you use the left pad and the ABXY buttons on the right.
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If they've added these buttons to the face, I would assume they've decided that the touchpads-as-buttons concept isn't good enough.
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Also seems like there isn't much game wise that will take the best advantage of it.
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That was quick for a major design overhall...
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I look forward to the ultimate evolution of the steam controller: http://chattypics.com/files/valvegamepad_phxkamkdbt.png
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Dual Shock 4 would be an improvement for PC, it has a touchpad
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Yep. I'm tempted to pick up a ds4 controller now that there's a driver for Linux that supports the track pad. But the steam controller still has me hesitating on it.
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Thumbsticks will never replace a mouse outside of fps. They're making something that hasn't tackled mouse driven games yet.
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No, they're going the other way around. The Steam Controller will be able to map to keyboard buttons and mouse axes.
I think gamers (and games) already suffered enough from the ignorance of the Games for Windows Technical Requirements. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ee417691%28v=vs.85%29.aspx -
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depending on the spacing, pressing button up + button right to give you up-right is really really hard on most controllers.
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