Thanks to the quick tweeting work from SteamDB we now know Valve could be changing their controller yet again.
This is the new design:
This was the last one shown off for reference:
You can find it if you opt-in to the Steam Beta, and do a little search for "controller" inside the Steam directory.
Looks like they caved and added a stick to it, but that's not a bad idea as honestly I much prefer moving a little stick if a game resorts to something resembling a D-PAD it just feels nicer.
What do you think to this newer design? Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
This is the new design:
This was the last one shown off for reference:
You can find it if you opt-in to the Steam Beta, and do a little search for "controller" inside the Steam directory.
Looks like they caved and added a stick to it, but that's not a bad idea as honestly I much prefer moving a little stick if a game resorts to something resembling a D-PAD it just feels nicer.
What do you think to this newer design? Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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I prefer analog sticks on my controllers so this is a nice change in my view.
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Valve loves a tactile feel, so its possible the stick will have some sort of hybrid-digitalness to it. I think the stick is there because some games just work better with one (flight games, for example).
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rustybroomhandle Jul 24, 2014
But will it work with... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMsr6HbClyI
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Quoting: valczirI don't fully understand the point of the joystick - isn't the left touchpad intended to work as that? Without a solid d-pad, fighting games will be unplayable (as anyone who ever tried to play a fighting game on any of the xbox systems would know). One of the things I was really looking forward to is the revival of indie fighting games on PC. I'd love to see another awesome fighting game like OMF 2097 show up on steam.
It really needs a d-pad for that to happen, though.
The touchpads are programmable, you could make the touchpads act as D-Pads if you want, and supposedly they are going to have some sort of feedback so you might be able to feel which direction you are pushing somehow
I guess they figured a touchpad can emulate a D-Pad better than a Joystick (even though it can do that too but maybe not as effectively)
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