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   Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 (gamingonlinux@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2024 03:37:15 JST Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

   New Steam Controller 2 and VR controller designed got leaked https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/new-steam-controller-2-and-vr-controller-designed-got-leaked/

   #SteamController #SteamDeck #Steam

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     Dźwiedziu (dzwiedziu@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2024 03:39:15 JST Dźwiedziu

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     @gamingonlinux Boy, it's ugly.

     I'll take one.

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     Jo Momma (jomomma@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2024 05:17:23 JST Jo Momma

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     @gamingonlinux about once a year I dust off my steam controller, attempt to use it for a few hours, and the rage-quit it into the closet for another cycle... Maybe this one will be better... maybe?

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     Andrea Tuzzolino (mrnessuno@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2024 05:54:56 JST Andrea Tuzzolino

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     @gamingonlinux eww, this is probably a prototype, isn't ergonomic at all imho we'll see

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     Nick @ The Linux Experiment (thelinuxexp@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2024 18:58:14 JST Nick @ The Linux Experiment

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     @gamingonlinux We’ll have to wait for the size and thickness, and the angle of the grips, but this will probably not work for me. Symmetrical sticks placed in the middle of the controller, with touchpads on the way where my fat hands will likely activate them all the time…

     Sounds like a recipe for thumb and wrist pain for me personally :/

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     Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 (gamingonlinux@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2024 19:20:45 JST Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

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     • Nick @ The Linux Experiment

     @thelinuxEXP When you look at your hands though, your thumbs naturally rest where the sticks are, so it might not be as bad as you think

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     Semmelstulle (semmelstulle@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2024 19:25:43 JST Semmelstulle

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     • Nick @ The Linux Experiment

     @gamingonlinux @thelinuxEXP I’m just happy there even are symmetrical sticks. There’s the Deck, some Ayn devices and maybe 1 Chinese telescope controller for your phone who do this over the Xbox style layout.

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     Nick @ The Linux Experiment (thelinuxexp@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2024 19:29:21 JST Nick @ The Linux Experiment

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     @gamingonlinux Dépends on how inclined the grips are. They look kinda straight down to me, which means the wrists won’t be rotated in the right portion for the thumbs to lay naturally on the sticks, but we’ll see!
     There’s also the issue that my thumbs often bump into one another with symmetrical sticks on a PS controller, because the sticks are too close

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     Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 (gamingonlinux@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2024 20:36:03 JST Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

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     • Brodie Robertson

     @BrodieOnLinux @thelinuxEXP I'm sure their designers would have thought of all this though, they're not amateurs

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     Nick @ The Linux Experiment (thelinuxexp@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2024 20:36:04 JST Nick @ The Linux Experiment

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     • Brodie Robertson

     @BrodieOnLinux @gamingonlinux The deck is fine, because the grips are horizontal and straight, and the sticks very close to the sides of the device, so the thumb rotation is natural.
     On that controller, it seems like the opposite

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     Brodie Robertson (brodieonlinux@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2024 20:36:04 JST Brodie Robertson

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     • Nick @ The Linux Experiment

     @thelinuxEXP @gamingonlinux I can see that as well, I think all we can do is wait and see what actual hands on results are like

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     Brodie Robertson (brodieonlinux@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2024 20:36:05 JST Brodie Robertson

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     • Nick @ The Linux Experiment

     @gamingonlinux @thelinuxEXP The layout looks quite similiar to the Steam Deck so I guess it'll be a matter of how you feel about that and the minor tweaks they've made like having angled track pads

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     Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 (gamingonlinux@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2024 20:44:12 JST Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

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     • Nick @ The Linux Experiment
     • Brodie Robertson

     @BrodieOnLinux @thelinuxEXP which is also very much loved by a lot of people lol

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     Brodie Robertson (brodieonlinux@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2024 20:44:14 JST Brodie Robertson

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     • Nick @ The Linux Experiment

     @gamingonlinux @thelinuxEXP Designers also came up with the N64 controller to be fair lol

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     Nick @ The Linux Experiment (thelinuxexp@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2024 21:01:31 JST Nick @ The Linux Experiment

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     • Brodie Robertson

     @gamingonlinux @BrodieOnLinux Haha yeah, we’ll see. Ergonomics isn’t an exact science; and doesn’t always work for everyone: AirPods fall out the ears of a fair few people, the PS4 controller was a nightmare for some, and some think the Xbox one controller isn’t good, the Duke managed to get into production, etc..

     It can be an awesome controller for a bunch of people, and a nightmare for others :)