• LiveLM@lemmy.zip
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    1 day ago

    I still don’t get the controversy.

    Are you an avid Touchpad user on the Deck or on the OG Steam Controller? Buy this.
    Do you just want a controller for your PC? Buy an Xbox, PS or Third party.

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      People think they have to buy it for some reason, they just can’t fathom not being the target audience.

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      1 day ago

      It’s the rear buttons,

      And the insane customization and re-mapping of buttons/functions/gyro/etc that steam allows you to create that sells me on these controllers.

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      1 day ago

      The only controversial part is that it only works on steam. Which is pretty wild imo. Why would you need more that just the controller’s driver for it to work?

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        I thought that turned out not to be true? That by default it behaved like a joystick and mouse like the original steam controller?

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          20 hours ago

          Like I said to another person, there are multiple reviews that mention this. Do you have any source that proves otherwise?

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        20 hours ago

        I can‘t speak about software updates just yet because I have only seen them being applied via Steam but the controller works out of the box. I‘m assuming you can update it by downloading a file too, though. That would put it far above some competitors because guess what? A lot of them let you install some shitty software for that. At least Steam is already installed on my machine. I run Linux after all and ironically Steam is already helping me setting up controllers from other manufacturers.

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          20 hours ago

          Do you have any source for this? Multiple reviewers (e.g. gamersnexus) have said that if you don’t launche the game through steam, the controller won’t work.