Valve Steam Controller Re-design 3/15/14

[Arron Dominion]

Valve just released an image of their re-design for the Steam Controller. Here it is:

This looks more user friendly than their initial design, but might be problematic, seeing the similarities to the Wii U Pro controller:

For the full source on this change, check it out:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/132942-Valve-Just-Gave-its-Steam-Controller-a-Facelift

 

[Statboy]

Still not seeing trackpads as a viable alternative to analog sticks. For competitive gaming it doesn't come close to mouse and keyboard still.

 

[Snuffles ¯\_(ツ)_/¯]

yeah track pads can go fuck themselves... it would be slightly almost like playing a game on a tablet or kindle...

 

[lonesome killer]

Valve should stick to their core business, and that's coding software. They should leave peripheral design to the pros. Hire a 3rd party company to come up with something. Or since they have so many community upload options for their games have a design competition for the Steam community

As for me, I'm sticking with my PC Elite Master Race keyboard and mouse.

 

[VintagePC]

I'm surprised they decided to do away with the mini-display that was originally planned. Curious to hear the reasoning behind that.

Also... I'll just leave this here:

 

[Arron Dominion]

I think the reason for removing the display was to increase legacy games compatibility that already had controller support. The layout change I think was due to the feedback that the original design was too far away from the original.

 

[oasis789]

That doesn't make sense, why would removing the display improve backwards compatibility? Surely they could just disable it for games that wouldn't use it

 

[Arron Dominion]

The original setup did not allow for a strict start/select/homebutton