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What’s the point of the cutout around the screen?
I wanted it to be more like a switch for using the joysticks to play on tv. that concept looks like the center docks into the controller which might be a good way to get the effect without impinging on any nintendo patents.
Missing the track pads, total garbage.
I agree. The article claims this mockup has better “trackpads”, but I think they’re just referring to the thumbsticks.
Nah, I think the article and the image are both AI generated, so the “author” of the article really has no idea what the image actually looks like.
The article could be, but the images definitely aren’t.
I only ever use them in desktop mode but I know if they disappeared I’d be mad about it
Y’all need to look into radial menus. Will change your life.
And typing.
That’s not great, but I don’t think it would be utterly terrible.
It is, it’s bending the hands in the opposite direction of every other controller
No trackpads = no thanks
Also why does the screen jut out like that?
How comes Valve is the only one to get inputs right? Not even fan renders get it right.
Nobody else is thinking of it as “PC gaming on a console”
They’re thinking in terms of “A console which is a PC”
In other words, their heads are in console mode rather than in PC gaming mode. They aren’t thinking of an effective mouse option to play paradox games and the like.
They aren’t thinking of an effective mouse option to play paradox games and the like.
To buy the DLC?
Exactly. Purchasing Sunset Invasion requires high precision.
I recently finished Planescape Torment, and I can only imagine how much I would’ve hated it without the touchpads.
100% agree. Loved the Steam Controller. Love the Steam Deck. Drop the trackpads and my use case gets 10x smaller - I’d pass on it.
Rounded corners on the screen? Yuck
That’s probably the least disgusting feature of them all, kinda looking forward for a monitor with rounded corners even though I know the problems that it will carry. The inverted shape of the handles though…
The lips around the d-pad and buttons look terrible.
Getting serious Wutang controller vibes.
I’ve never seen a good fan render. Ever.
watch astartes (warhammer 40k)
Oh no, I meant of “future” consoles. Astartes is fucking art.
When’s the MadCatz brand Steam deck competitor coming out?
It looks like an upsidedown Xbox controller with a screen in the middle.
Concepts are always made by the people I least want to actually be in charge of design
I’m so happy they don’t actually get to design anything
Actually maybe one of them did ouya
That’s why they’re stuck making concepts instead of actual products.
Part of the problem is that concept art needs to be flashy to be noticed, but most usability focused designs are plain or very similar to existing designs.
What? The Steam Deck needs trackpads and L4, L5, R4, and R5 buttons! Without them I wouldn’t have been able to play modded Minecraft properly due to the amount of controls introduced by the mods I use.
I could never play Guild Wars 2 without them either, and it’s one of my most played games. One of the reasons I got a Deck too.
If they ever drop the track pads I’m out. It’s the only reason I got the Steam Deck as I play a lot of WoW on it and they are basically required. Plus I tinker in Linux a ton too and also they are super necessary.
It also looks like we got rid of the start and select buttons as well…
They also seem to have replaced the Steam and QAM buttons with home (?) and menu buttons
I love this shit. They’re always so wrong but such fun designs. I wish I could find pictures of the old PS3 and Xbox 720 concepts that people were paying back in the day.
An all time classic right here
The music makes it perfect
The drowning pool really sets the ambience
Of course it has that one song + movie maker, no unregistered hypercam 2 or notepad sadly
Looks like a game gear
