I love what hobbyist are doing with these custom hardware builds. On the picture the form somehow reminds me back to the Dreamcast controller from 2000, if someone remembers. It did not have trackpad, but the form looked similar uncomfortable. But it felt great in the hands. And knowing how great the Deck in the hands feel, I am sure his creation would be very nice to hold. It’s just the image does not imply this for me.
Very impressive he build his own trackpads, that fit the specifications of the Deck. There are no ready to use Deck trackpads one can buy at all! The entire thing is published as Open Source project to build your own. I cannot. Maybe a company takes this and makes a product to sell. I would totally buy a good and functioning one for a premium price.
But I predict Valve will 1 year before the Steam Deck 2 hopefully release an official Steam Controller 2. A man can only dream (unless you are talented like that guy)…
Translucent purple housing hell yeah
If the split controller works screw waiting for the Steam Controller, I’ve been waiting for a good PC joycon set.
This has some of the same issues as the Legion Go, in that it’s too chunky to play split. Also the superfluous touchpads that make it be too large (I’ll be taking no questions on this issue at this point).
But I do really want something like this for PC commercially.
Why though? Specifically the thing about wanting PC joy con split controllers? What does that add?
Ergonomics. It adds the option of my broken old wrists to not have to hold themselves at whatever arbitrary angle the probably younger and certainly healthier designer decided wasn’t causing immediate pain to them.
So yeah, having specific accessibility needs can suck and for my specific brand of those the joycon are an amazing option.
Also, playing a game with your hands by your sides or under a blanket or whatever adds a TON to the sense of immersion.
That’s a really delightful bit of hackery. Props to the creator.
