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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!
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.
I love gyro, need more controllers using them
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
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.
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
HORI has been around for a good whole, and they make what are arguably the best aftermarket Nintendo switch controllers.
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...
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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