• m-p{3}@lemmy.ca
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    1 month ago

    I hope they improve on the following

    • The touchpads and paddle “clicks” are way too noisy
    • An actual D-pad
    • ABXY buttons less mushier
    • USB-C port for charging
    • Similar to Steam Deck layout
    • A place to store the USB dongle inside the controller when not in use
    • Better rumble

    I switched to an 8bitdo controller since, but I do miss the touchpad’s precision for FPS.

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      1 month ago

      I’d base all expectations on Steam Deck not Controller v1. You can already see the lessons learned in the deck.

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      The clicky-ness of the touchpad, paddles, shoulder buttons etc. is one of the things if absolutely love about the OG Steam Controller

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        Their clickyness in themselves is good and responsibe, it’s just that it’s too noisy to my taste.

    • 🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.world
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      • Native support for games - have it use the Xbox or PlayStation profile
      • Don’t require that abysmal Big Picture mode for remapping, custom layouts, etc.
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        1 month ago

        Onboard remapping profiles would be nice, I use them on my 8bitdo controller and I can toggle them on-the-fly.

        I personally remap the paddles mostly, but still.

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      Agreed with all of this except for similarity to Deck (if the touchpads are squircles I will lose my mind), but my main concern is the shoulder buttons. Pressing shoulder buttons on the SC is literally manual labor and sounds like cracking a glow stick. Hopefully they’ll be more like the Deck or any other modern gamepad.

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      The only reason I stopped using mine was because the membrane that makes the ABXY feel mushy eventually went and I couldn’t find a suitable replacement.

      If they put in some sort of mechanical switches there so that this couldn’t happen, I would probably never use anything else.

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      Why were you using haptic vibrations on touchpads? I switched them off the moment I discovered I can, they are really annoying

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      1 month ago

      Yes to all this. I picked up my original Steam Controller the other day and forgot just how crazy loud that thing is.