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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Steam controller was ahead of its time⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve picked up spares over the years on ebay. Used the key words “steam controller 1001” and sorted by price low to high. Once I’ve picked up have been in good condition, since most people just used them once and put them away.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Steam controller was ahead of its time⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  between the buttons being too small and clustered together

  For my configs I set up a dpad modeshift with an inverted outer ring on the right touchpad so that clicking up, down, left, right, center is different inputs. So I use that over using the facebuttons and gives me the added benefit of not losing camera or gyro control, since I use the touch activated gyro.

  Comes in nice for swapping between weapons in Doom Eternal to bypass reloading, and other games like The Finals for gadget swapping without losing camera or movement control.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Steam controller was ahead of its time⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I love the left trackpad. I love it for movement, since I like setting stuff like dash, crouch, slide to it on a click which doesn’t feel good doing the same with a joystick click. And I like setting a sprint activator on the very edge which is easier to avoid not accidentally triggering, because of the trackpad size.

  I’m actually opposite where I wish the left joystick on the Steam Controller was a dpad.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Steam controller was ahead of its time⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I put some generic switch/ps4/xbox joystick covers on my Steam Controller joystick long ago so I’m still using the one I picked up back like half a decade ago. I put joystick cap covers on all my joystick from my Sony to Xbox to Deck joysticks.

  Same for touchpads on my Steam Deck and Steam Controller, since use can make the surface start getting shiny. So joystick cover might be worth doing to protect the physical joystick top.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Steam controller was ahead of its time⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Joystick can be popped out and replaced with the 8bitdo joystick replacement.

  steamcommunity.com/app/…/601909079151044660/#c601…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Steam controller was ahead of its time⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  pcgamer.com/valve-to-pay-dollar4-million-in-steam…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Steam controller was ahead of its time⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I personally love the left touchpad for movement. When the game lets you set a sprint hold over a sprint toggle I love to set an outer ring bind for it at the edge to go in and other of sprint without clicking. And I like setting up stuff like dash, crouch, slide on a touchpad click. Frees up buttons for me to be able to bind other stuff to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Steam controller was ahead of its time⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Unfortunately for steam controller users the touchpads were an downgrade in size, shape, and location for those who liked using them as their main inputs. So even people like me who use dual touchpads on the Steam Controller opted for joysticks on the Deck, since they weren’t satisfied with the touchpad experience.

  Which was unfortunate, since there’s lot of options for dual joystick controllers but I’m still searching for a Steam Controller upgrade.