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I wish they'd still sell those as hardware units. Same with the Steam controller.
Sadly, they can't sell the controller anymore because they got patent trolled.
They must've dealt with it somehow, otherwise the steamdeck would be in violation as well.
Fucking great. Do they even make anything themselves?
Edit: I looked it up, no, they don't seem to actually make anything. They have a whopping 26 employees and make about $35m in revenue.
I'm unsure what I'm going to do when my steam controller breaks. No other controller even comes close, including the Xbox controller that I consistently see recommended. The gyro especially is so fucking nice, and AFAIK nothing else has one that works the same way.
I can't believe people shit on the controller when it was released, they had no clue.
I think it had to do with the touchpads introducing a learning curve. Tbh I think if they decide to redo it then they should add swappable physical modules, so you can literally swap the touchpads for a stick/d-pad, or trackballs, or whatever fits. I can't remember if they patented that or just had a prototype with it, either way I thought it was cool and was kinda disappointed it didn't make it into the final version.