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Steam Deck

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Touchpad is significantly better for certain games, so it would be a shame to lose it. I hope they just copy what they did with the steam deck, best of both worlds.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

For me, the biggest strength of the steam controller was using the right trackpad for FPS-style games... basically a virtual trackball mouse. Once you got used to it it's incredibly responsive and a huge upgrade on a joystick.

I never managed to get my deck to work like that. The trackpads are just too small and don't seem as responsive somehow? Granted, I do have quite large hands

[–] lordnikon 5 points 4 days ago

Agreed the track pads are far more than a pointing device. Creating virtual onscreen menus with mode shift was a Game changer. It needs to fully support steam input. I don't need to relearn my controls becase I'm going from portable to docked mode.

[–] Zombiepirate 2 points 3 days ago

The Steam controller is amazing for Elden Ring and similar games. It makes the camera so much easier to deal with.