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Valve Announces New Steam Machine, Steam Controller & Steam Frame (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by jcs@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Phoronix article: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Machines-Frame-2026

Also listed here: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/hardware

Valve has already sent support for the new Steam Controller upstream: https://www.phoronix.com/news/New-Steam-Controller-SDL

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[–] falseWhite@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Why does the controller look very uncomfortable to use? I hope it's not.

[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Still looks better than the first Steam Controller. It was atrocious.

[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 2 points 22 hours ago

I was about to say the opposite. They somehow made it uglier.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The touchpads look too low and likely awkward to use.

[–] jeeva@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

I'm sure they haven't tested this out, at all. 😅

In more seriousness, does it not just look like the same distance as on the steam deck (which I find comfortable to use), but mildly rotated?

[–] Stabbitha@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Because it's so bottom-heavy. But if you look where your hands will be it's essentially a Dualshock with touchpads stuck to the bottom.

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I guess it depends on how long your thumb is