this post was submitted on 12 Nov 2025
1208 points (98.9% liked)

Games

43393 readers
1113 users here now

Welcome to the largest gaming community on Lemmy! Discussion for all kinds of games. Video games, tabletop games, card games etc.

Rules

1. Submissions have to be related to games

Video games, tabletop, or otherwise. Posts not related to games will be deleted.

This community is focused on games, of all kinds. Any news item or discussion should be related to gaming in some way.

2. No bigotry or harassment, be civil

No bigotry, hardline stance. Try not to get too heated when entering into a discussion or debate.

We are here to talk and discuss about one of our passions, not fight or be exposed to hate. Posts or responses that are hateful will be deleted to keep the atmosphere good. If repeatedly violated, not only will the comment be deleted but a ban will be handed out as well. We judge each case individually.

3. No excessive self-promotion

Try to keep it to 10% self-promotion / 90% other stuff in your post history.

This is to prevent people from posting for the sole purpose of promoting their own website or social media account.

4. Stay on-topic; no memes, funny videos, giveaways, reposts, or low-effort posts

This community is mostly for discussion and news. Remember to search for the thing you're submitting before posting to see if it's already been posted.

We want to keep the quality of posts high. Therefore, memes, funny videos, low-effort posts and reposts are not allowed. We prohibit giveaways because we cannot be sure that the person holding the giveaway will actually do what they promise.

5. Mark Spoilers and NSFW

Make sure to mark your stuff or it may be removed.

No one wants to be spoiled. Therefore, always mark spoilers. Similarly mark NSFW, in case anyone is browsing in a public space or at work.

6. No linking to piracy

Don't share it here, there are other places to find it. Discussion of piracy is fine.

We don't want us moderators or the admins of lemmy.world to get in trouble for linking to piracy. Therefore, any link to piracy will be removed. Discussion of it is of course allowed.

Authorized Regular Threads

Related communities

PM a mod to add your own

Video games

Generic

Help and suggestions

By platform

By type

By games

Language specific

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Dremor@lemmy.world
JonsJava@lemmy.world
fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Dremor@jlai.lu
PerfectDark@lemmy.world
1208
Steam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026] (store.steampowered.com)
submitted 5 days ago by ampersandrew@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world
448 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

No prices yet. I may never financially recover from this.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] silverchase@sh.itjust.works 20 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Hell yeah! I have an upgrade path for my original Steam Controllers!

One under the radar feature of the Frame's controllers is being able to use them without the headset as essentially a normal controller split in two.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I just like that they have the complete compliment of normal controller buttons. It seems the world has agreed on twin sticks, a d-pad, ABXY (or triangle square cirlce et cetera, you know what I mean), and two shoulder buttons... Except for VR controllers. Every brand has their own dinky layout and they're all sparse on buttons, I guess not to "intimidate" newbies, but it requires making weird compromises or binding actions to directions on one of the analog sticks or something, and that always feels lacking.

I hope they also stole the idea from the OG Oculus controllers where it can sense when your fingers are on the buttons but not pressing them, to so they can show your fingers in VR space and help people work the things by sight as well as feel.

Edit: I watched the LTT video. Yes, the buttons have capacitive finger tracking as well. Rejoyce.

[–] silverchase@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

The Index controllers have touch-sensitive sticks and actual finger tracking so they measure how far your fingers are from the body of the controller. They put touch-sensitive sticks on the Deck as well.

[–] Chee_Koala@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I loved it on the Wii with attached nun-chuck, having my arms both facing out feels more comfortable then in, when sitting with a controller. Now you'll have a full set of inputs to go with it, very cool!

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 2 points 4 days ago

I really hope that we can buy the Frame controllers separately. Playing Twilight Princess on the Wii with one hand behind my head and the other resting on my lap was the most relaxed gaming experience I've ever had. Miles away from the crazy flailing about that haters would describe Wii gaming as.