The only manned submersible that could reach the missing Titan is owned by Steam's Gabe Newell
The only manned submersible that could reach the missing Titan is owned by Steam's Gabe Newell
Gabe Newell may now be the Titan's only hope.
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I wonder what controller his sub uses
Just to defend this as an engineer (though not one that works with submarines in any capacity), using a video game controller might sound funny, but it could actually make sense vs. using a device of your own creation. They're highly replaceable, so you have an infinite supply of reliable backups to draw upon. It's not prone to design flaws in the same way a "homemade" controller would be. OTS devices are often designed to withstand certain conditions or modes of use, such as force or moisture or whatever else you anticipate in your environment. They're also widely used, so there are troves of publicly available information on them to draw upon. It might seem silly, but if I were building a titanic submarine YOLO ship thing, I'd probably use something similar.
Engineer here, I think the issue is that they used a crappy one and wirelessly. I wouldn't bet my life on bluetooth.
I mean, the controller could even run out of battery or break down without a backup.
Are you sure they didn't have spares?
No idea, I'm judt surprised they didn't even have it plugged.
Given the way this whole thing has gone, and the design choices made to date... Pretty sure they don't.
$30 Logitechs are awful controllers though.
Ask any serious video gamer and they'll talk your ear off about highly reliable hall-effect sensor joysticks and other such high-reliability parts (Cherry switches, etc. etc.) that kick the ass of cheap potentiometers + dome-rubber style switches (like found in a cheap-ass Logitech).
And such parts are available at... $50 to $80. Choosing a cheap-ass $30 piece of junk isn't even saving much money.
Can't argue with that.
This. A lot of people pointed out that the military uses xbox controllers, but xbox controllers are good. Nobody wanted to be the friend who got the Madcatz controller.
Hey the steam controller was kind of a flop but I got one when they went on closeout at like $5 and it's actually pretty sweet. Very niche but definitely unique.
Yeah, I have one. It was great for very specific games. The problem is that it's no replacement for a game that is designed for a two joystick game controller experience and it's no replacement for a mouse and keyboard. It's a 'jack of all trades, master of none.'
I preferred the trackpad for aiming in shooters tbh
They're making a new one and calling it the "Steam Quarter-Deck"
"My son calls it an Upper Decker." Merideth from The Office
It runs off of the steam deck
If it's a steam controller we're in real trouble 😂