That controller looks ugly and bulky as fuck.
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Viirax@piefed.social 2 months ago
Finally, another worthwhile controller with symmetrical sticks. Now to find out how to get my hands on one…
titanicx@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Well thank God I don’t give a shit how my controller looks as long as it is well designed.
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 2 months ago
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Actually, not sure how well it works. But it certainly looks very odd
titanicx@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
I mean you will care if it doesn’t fit well in your hand and is too bulky. I mean that was the issue with the Xbox controller and still is issue with the Xbox controller for anybody with smaller hands I know the Japanese market had quite a stir regarding that. And this thing looks like it’s twice as thick as the Xbox controller. It reminds me of some of the old third party PC controllers that I used to have back in the 90s and early 2000s. In fact I had one that if you were to round off the top of this thing looked almost exactly like it.
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
As someone with hands on the larger side, small controllers suck for us too.
The point you should be focused on is having a diversity in controller options, not that any one controller is good/bad.
It is entirely subjective to say the controller is good. Your definition of good won’t be my definition of good. Your taste and opinion is just as valid as mine, and I don’t impose my preferences on you.
I don’t know how big that controller is, since no banana was provided for scale. It could be huge and unwieldy, or it could be very tiny. One size never fits all.
At the end of the day, if you don’t like it, don’t buy it, and/or don’t use it. This is +1 option in the controller space, and that kind of competition is good no matter what opinion you have.
onnekas@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
It kinda looks ass. However, it kinda looks like a steamdeck without a screen which is no surprise. And I quite like the steamdeck controls…
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Yup, I love my Steam Deck and usually prefer asymmetric joysticks, so as long as it feels like the SD, it’ll be fine.
Viirax@piefed.social 2 months ago
I mean, sure it looks a bit odd, but if you remove the trackpads and reshape the controller based on not having those then it’s a pretty standard controller, no? It’s not like the added part for the trackpads does anything to change how you would hold the controller or anything, so I doubt it’d make much of a difference in use even if you never use the trackpads.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Yup, looks just like a DualSense controller from the PS5 without the trackpads.
echodot@feddit.uk 2 months ago
Do you remember the old Xbox controllers that had the attachable keyboard? It’s essentially just that kind of shape. So you would use the controller and kind of ignore the touchpads on the bottom unless you actually need them, then you just move your hand down and use the touchpads for something like mouse control. I doubt the intention is for you to use all of the inputs at once like you would an Xbox or PlayStation controller.
Alenalda@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That usb port being off center though…
Viirax@piefed.social 2 months ago
I did notice that in this picture, but I don’t think it actually is. Pretty sure this is from the “animation” where the puck with the USB cable is put under the controller to charge, and not with the USB cable connected to the controller. From what I see though it should all be centered, even the puck and charging pins, so not sure why they made it off-center here
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 2 months ago
This will invoke someone’s OCD
echodot@feddit.uk 2 months ago
There’s plenty of videos of it on YouTube and the port is not off centre.
LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I typically just have one hand on each side