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That looks uncomfortable to hold ngl.
I'm more excited about this tbh. It'll be quite something if Valve ends up solving the firmware problems of Linux on snapdragon powered phones.
I thought the same thing about the steam deck and it turned out to be entirely fine.
This is basically cutting the screen out of a steamdeck so I'm pretty excited for a good controller.
It's funny, I was thinking the opposite. Lol. The design reminds me of the Dreamcast controller. I remember the first time I held a Dreamcast controller and how insanely comfortable it felt compared to NES, SNES, Genesis, N64 and Playstation. Granted, modern PlayStation and XBox controllers are also much more comfortable than all of those too, so the Dreamcast one might be uncomfortable by modern standards, but I don't know since I haven't held one in 25 years.
I'm hoping this new Steam Controller is as comfortable as I remember the Dreamcast controller being.
I'm not worried. Valve absolutely nailed the Deck ergonomics. They knew what they had to do here.
Yeah, people had said the same thing about the Steam Deck's face layout, but everyone who has actually used one loves the ergonomics.
I need to actually hold one because, yeah; I see it and it looks awkward, but I have heard what you're saying from pretty much everyone with one. 🤷♂️
I don't know if you can demo one somewhere. Microcenter, maybe?
As someone who loved the idea of the original steam controller but found it uncomfortable to hold, the steam deck really does feel stellar in the hand. Most similar to an Xbox controller imo. So I for one am stoked that valve just deleted the screen for the new controller here
Steam Frame is their new VR headset (not an Index successor, more a Quest competitor).
Steam Machine is their pc.
Yeah, but they said the frame is a complete pc as well
I'm quoting their post
And Valve literally say on the Steam Frame website that it has a desktop mode running Plasma, just running on an ARM processor instead of x86, and can be used as stand alone PC.
Not sure I wanna blow battery charge on editing spreadsheets in LibreOffice in VR but it'll be possible.
It's the all-time great PS controller, except I can't actually hold the bottom protrusions in my hands.
What's not to like? Just don't hold the controller with your hands like you would normally do!
Is your complaint that your fingers do not wrap entirely around the grips or something? It looks very natural to hold to me. Like an even more ergonomic Steam Deck.
https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images/clan/45479024/1ab321a5b909c722f49d45554decb171.webm
It says it’s a zen 4 custom AMD chip?
https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steammachine?l=english
Edit: sorry I got th machine and frame mixed up. Whoops