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- Zoot ( @Zoot@reddthat.com ) 10•5 months ago
Got really excited for a Steam Controller like controller… Missing the track pads? Can barely be considered a “Steam Deck” like controller without them… This is no different from an Xbox controller minus a few buttons. Hell id rather use a PS controller since they have a trackpad!
- tuckerm ( @tuckerm@supermeter.social ) 2•5 months ago
Yeah, it definitely needs trackpads that are easy to reach in order to be a Steam Deck controller. (And I’m saying “easy to each” because the awkwardly placed Playstation touchpad doesn’t count.)
I’m curious about this part, though:
Gyro in the “Steam mode”. With the sticks having a touch sensor too.
That sounds like an advantage over a Playstation or Switch controller. I’m guessing that means you could enable the gyro just by touching the analog stick, without having to press a button. That’s like what most people did on the Steam controller, where the gyro would enable when you touched the trackpad.
- And009 ( @And009@lemmynsfw.com ) 2•5 months ago
I love gyro, need more controllers using them
- graphito ( @graphito@beehaw.org ) 7•5 months ago
I’d love to support SD tuning but there’s no hall sensor sticks and it’s more expensive than Vader 3 pro… I don’t get where’s the value here
- fiercekitten ( @fiercekitten@lemm.ee ) 3•5 months ago
I tried the original Steam Controller in 2016 and generally hated it.
After I got a Steam Deck and got used to the touchpads, I bought a like-new steam controller in 2024 so I could play in docked mode and I freaking love it.
I want them to make a new one so badly. This Hori controller is not it.
- Noxy ( @noxy@yiffit.net ) 1•5 months ago
HORI, a manufacturer of popular gaming accessories
if they’re so popular why have I never heard of them? especially as I’ve very recently researched PC gamepads and settled on an 8BitDo.
HORI sounds like a bullshit throwaway Amazon brand.
That said, I am very very eager for a gamepad which can do gyro aiming, have back buttons that actually function as additional buttons (as opposed to merely copies of other buttons), and do so over better-than-bluetooth wireless. Doesn’t look like this is that, though, so whatever
- ZC3rr0r ( @ZC3rr0r@lemmy.ca ) 7•5 months ago
HORI has been around for a good whole, and they make what are arguably the best aftermarket Nintendo switch controllers.
- Rakqoi ( @Rakqoi@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 4•5 months ago
They’re mostly known for their officially licensed Switch controllers and accessories, which from my experience, are made extremely cheaply, with lackluster features, and terrible build quality. I absolutely wouldn’t spend a whopping $60 on a controller from them, personally…
- stardust ( @stardust@lemmy.ca ) 3•5 months ago
It’s known if for Nintendo users with hori switch controllers and taiko drum.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
HORI, a manufacturer of popular gaming accessories have today revealed the Wireless Horipad for Steam.
The main thing that concerns me here for Linux and Steam Deck support, is their mention of a dedicated app for it.
We’ve seen before from the likes of 8BitDo, that certain buttons on their controllers (like back paddles) require a dedicated app and so cannot be configured directly on Linux / Steam Deck.
Back paddles and 2 extra custom buttons on the bottom.
Rapid fire ability on face buttons (ABXY).
Price according to their page is 9,780 Japanese Yen, so about £50 GBP / $60 USD.
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