Touchpad is significantly better for certain games, so it would be a shame to lose it. I hope they just copy what they did with the steam deck, best of both worlds.
Agreed the track pads are far more than a pointing device. Creating virtual onscreen menus with mode shift was a Game changer. It needs to fully support steam input. I don’t need to relearn my controls becase I’m going from portable to docked mode.
For me, the biggest strength of the steam controller was using the right trackpad for FPS-style games… basically a virtual trackball mouse. Once you got used to it it’s incredibly responsive and a huge upgrade on a joystick.
I never managed to get my deck to work like that. The trackpads are just too small and don’t seem as responsive somehow? Granted, I do have quite large hands
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Touchpad is significantly better for certain games, so it would be a shame to lose it. I hope they just copy what they did with the steam deck, best of both worlds.
Agreed the track pads are far more than a pointing device. Creating virtual onscreen menus with mode shift was a Game changer. It needs to fully support steam input. I don’t need to relearn my controls becase I’m going from portable to docked mode.
For me, the biggest strength of the steam controller was using the right trackpad for FPS-style games… basically a virtual trackball mouse. Once you got used to it it’s incredibly responsive and a huge upgrade on a joystick.
I never managed to get my deck to work like that. The trackpads are just too small and don’t seem as responsive somehow? Granted, I do have quite large hands
The Steam controller is amazing for Elden Ring and similar games. It makes the camera so much easier to deal with.