Vargavinter
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How am I supposed to use the XYAB keys? It looks way to hard on your hands.
Map one or both trackpads into virtual d-pads that give you a little vibration feedback for each of the eight directions.
Map the triggers, paddles, and bumpers to the standard six attacks.
This should work for PC games with mouse-aim type controls, but for shit for anything else.
This controller is too radical a change if they want console players to jump in.
No it's not the same. You can let go one stick and press all 4 face buttons, you never have to stop moving your character. In this scheme, you have to let go both controllers half the time. How the flying fuck are you going to play action games with this?
On the left pad you can see the third option starts with "Sp" and tails off into "ace Bar" if I had to guess. I just don't understand what makes the different things on each pad actually work.
You lost me at "virtual d-pads". Fuck virtual d-pads.
The reactions in this thread...
Hackable, works with EVERY game, community can easily provide control schemes...sounds fantastic.
Wow, someone's trying to actually innovate the gamepad. Fucking well done Valve.
Where are the STICKS?!
With products like these I've learned not to cry 'shit' right away. I want to try it before I can form an opinion.
Actually, you can!can I listen to my music on it too?
Seriously, that design is... out there.
The more I look at it and read about it, the more I like it.
Replacing sticks with trackpads is a good call, since the latter is much better for mimicking mouse movement, a crucial feature in making sure the entire catalog of Steam games work with this thing. Furthermore, if latency is small, the trackpads can easily be faster than a dual analog scheme for FPS games, since you have no limitation other than how fast you can move your fingers, as opposed to moving as fast as the sticks can move. The haptic feedback seems impressive as well.
I really want to get my hands on one.
This looks like the solution to bridge the gap of the problem of playing with a keyboard and mouse in the living room.