Competitors have had over a decade to copy the track pad on controller idea. Also do you think it takes a genius to just cutout the screen on a steam deck? That’s their whole design
This isn’t a luxury controller, and its priced lower than the Xbox Elite controllers. Furthermore, they’re not taking preorders, so the sales aren’t confirmed
If they were selling them at 2.5x the price, it would make sense to maintain a level of “prestige” and luxury surrounding them… They’re not though, and the high demand already exists.
There are more likely specific chips on them that are constrained for now (because unlike Nintendo, they aren’t using cheap garbage that drifts after 6 months and overpricing the controller)
Rooster326@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Competitors have had over a decade to copy the track pad on controller idea. Also do you think it takes a genius to just cutout the screen on a steam deck? That’s their whole design
auzy1@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
But they haven’t…
This isn’t a luxury controller, and its priced lower than the Xbox Elite controllers. Furthermore, they’re not taking preorders, so the sales aren’t confirmed
If they were selling them at 2.5x the price, it would make sense to maintain a level of “prestige” and luxury surrounding them… They’re not though, and the high demand already exists.
There are more likely specific chips on them that are constrained for now (because unlike Nintendo, they aren’t using cheap garbage that drifts after 6 months and overpricing the controller)
Rooster326@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
I don’t even know what you’re arguing for right now.
I am just noting competition has 100% has over a decade to complete. The original steam controller had touchpads.
The deck control scheme is praised by many, and has been out for 4 years.
If the competition was interested. They would have bitten by now.
auzy1@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Maybe you should check the context of the full thread…