u/boboliosisjones

I can play Trials again?

Honestly would not have given any of the options you provided a second glance, I have looked, albeit briefly, at third party options. Every option you provided has the offset sticks which I don't want. The touchpad is a bonus, the Steam one a larger one at that - there's a ton of things you can do with them. You can even make your own console style radial menus for them.

This is way cheaper than the "Elite" Xbox controller and PS equivalent though? As stated in my region 100 usd is the rough price of a Dualsense or Xbox controller.

The only competitor with a touchpad I know of is the Dualsense, but the battery is trash and it has a mic and speaker which is more annoying than useful to me.

Valve has built a lot of trust with their hardware snd every indication is that is will be a very servicable device.

I feel like your negatives, while subjective are just completely meaningless to me, who would gladly buy this over anything else, especially considering the terrible battery life my Dualsense has had.

Not having RGB to me just seems good, no battery drain and stupid "gamer" styling.

Colour choice sure, but I would have picked black.

Offset sticks would mean I wouldn't be interested at all.

Console support is entirely meaningless to me, I guess not for everyone but Steam devices are already geared towards PC gaming so it should come as no surprise.

If you have a Steam Deck you should be aware the touch pads can be unbound if that is your preference, so any accidental touches are avoided.

And regarding the price that is the price of an Xbox or PS5 controller in my region already, What is the price for you?

I can't speak for triggers using different tech as I don't know enough (or care lets be honest) but I would've appreciated the adaptive trigger tech in this one, while underused I think it can be great, especially for driving games.

I feel like you are some sort of power user with a very strict preference, which you seem to make the mistake of thinking your average user is. I just want a controller that does the job and does it well, with some few requirements, like non offset sticks. I might enjoy adjustable sticks. but I will not be bothered by it not being there.

I feel like the art and interest in optimisation has been almost lost. When we made performance gains it was seen as an opportunity to bloat operating systems and websites, or simply neglect to optimise them.

Remember when auto playing videos were a massive no no? Now that nono is not muting your auto play videos. Not to mention a single website running hundreds of trackers.

can't agree more. I have no ambition to play graphically intense shooters on my deck. It's for chill controller games, which usually are not very heavy to run.

do you know how he was involved with the inception of the term or how it originated?

Also, does it really have to be a diagnosable thing to just be a term for getting chummy with someone who is holding you?