Steam Controller 2 may be coming soon as dataminers discover new “Triton” codename in Steam update

Please let it be good for replacing a mouse and also halfway affordable!

prole @lemmy.blahaj.zone 4d ago
If it's like the pads on the Steam Deck (and it looks like they are), they are a great replacement for mouse.
dukemirage @lemmy.world 4d ago
good for replacing a mouse
What do you have in mind? I think the trackpads are already doing a fine job in situation where speed isn't important like fiddling in menus / GUIs, turn-based games or point & clicks.
- Viking_Hippie @lemmy.dbzer0.com 4d ago
  
  My use case is playing games like We Are Football 2024, the Football Manager games and others where a regular controller isn't precise enough from the couch, since I use my TV as a monitor and how low my coffee table is makes using a mouse awkward and ergonomically awful lol
ThunderComplex @lemmy.today 4d ago
Why do you worry about affordability? Valves hardware has always been affordable. I would be very surprised if the controller costs more than $80
- Viking_Hippie @lemmy.dbzer0.com 4d ago
  Because I'm poor, currently spending a lot on my weight loss/general health improvement project, and already having a great controller for games with regular controller support (Razer Wolverine V3 Pro) makes it harder for me to justify spending a lot on one only for games that would otherwise require a mouse 😁
- Opisek @piefed.blahaj.zone 4d ago
  Well, affordable for the high quality they deliver, but not as competitively priced as some cheaper crap on the market. Yeah you get what you pay for, but you do have to expect to pay premium prices to Valve (for equally premium devices).
- PerogiBoi @lemmy.ca 4d ago
  With inflation and companies jacking prices up for no reason I would be extremely surprised if the controller came in under $120 USD
- Ofiuco @piefed.ca 4d ago
  
  Because I live in a country whose goverment is shitting on the economy and where Valve will never sell their hardware themselves so I am stuck with scalpers and resellers, the original steam controller was sold at triple its normal price at best.
  I loved the og one so if this isn't affordable... Well I am fucked.

I am amazed companies like 8bitdo still don't have any controllers with touchpads. Happy to see this!

fuckwit_mcbumcrumble @lemmy.dbzer0.com 4d ago
Touchpads are hard. Well good touchpads are hard. Especially small ones. Just look at laptops. Besides Apple it took like 20 years for them to get good. And even then they still suck randomly.
- Victor @lemmy.world 4d ago
  Can confirm they suck. Hate touch pads.

Can we talk about the strange website this is posted on? A browser based games publisher has an blog reporting on pc/console games and on some articles there's an embedded browser game that it auto scrolls to??

krimson @lemmy.world 4d ago

Could there be a new steam machine after all? Steam Frame AND a new VR headset? Right now it is said the VR set will be called the Steam Frame but I always thought that name to be more suitable for a console.

ripcord @lemmy.world 4d ago
Did you read the article
- krimson @lemmy.world 4d ago
  I did. But the whole year all rumors about a new console were dismissed until now.

thingsiplay @beehaw.org 4d ago

If the Steam Controller 2 is what I hope it is to be., I would probably buy 2 right away; one for daily usage, and the other as a collection unit that stays in package. The first controller didn't work for me and certainly was not usable for all cases. But thanks to the Steam Deck, I am confident in the controller successor.

The question is, what do you think would it cost? And what would be your limit? I think it would cost maybe 60 USD or EUR and I would even be ready to pay 90 (but then would buy only one and wait for discount for second unit).

yeehaw @lemmy.ca 4d ago

Gaben, I am ready.

Gladaed @feddit.org 4d ago

Having a second analog stick is great and all, but I really did like having the track pad in such an accessible location.

sdcSpade @lemmy.zip 4d ago

Triton, as in the guy with the trident? N64-style is coming back!

~~Also Half Life 3 confirmed~~

krooklochurm @lemmy.ca 4d ago

OH. FUCK. YES.

Almacca @aussie.zone 3d ago

I was never really happy with the button/stick/trackpad layout on the original controller. This looks to be more in line with the Steam Deck layout, which I'm pretty happy with. I rarely play games on controller that require the trackpads anyway - I prefer a mouse and keyboard for those, but I might get one of these to replace my aging Xbox 360 controller.