Genuinely pretty cool stuff, and I don’t like to compliment Valve very often. I knew another Steam controller would look like this, it was a no-brainer with the Steam Deck. I really enjoyed the first one, as someone with very bad nerve issues with my hands it was (still is?) the most ergonomic non-split controller, so I hope they’ve kept that sensibility with this one since the Deck itself is kind of a nightmare on my hands for long-term use. I guess we’ll see. I hope you can use the split VR controllers with non-VR games. Their promotional video made it sound like you could, but I’ve never used the Valve Index so maybe that’s always been supported. I think it’s really funny they’ve brought back ‘Steam Machines’, that thing they tried back in 2012 or whatever and it totally flopped, but it’s not going to flop now because computer software sucks so much and Linux is eating everyone’s lunch.
the steam machines were shitty collaborations with third party sellers to ship small pre built PCs with an undercooked steam OS without any compatibility layer which meant devs had to port their games to linux and no one did so it flopped. the GabeCube is gonna be first party finely tuned hardware running 2025 SteamOS which basically runs any game under the sun (besides the anti cheat issue).
the flopping depends entirely on the price, especially since USians are suffering right now and probably don’t have money to spend on stuff like this. it could be a great product but chip prices and trade wars could easily kill it.
Just a cheap, 3d-printed addon. There are a few variations that I’ve seen. My issue is that my hands are too big (and old), so you might have to look for something more focused on your specific nerve-issues.
Genuinely pretty cool stuff, and I don’t like to compliment Valve very often. I knew another Steam controller would look like this, it was a no-brainer with the Steam Deck. I really enjoyed the first one, as someone with very bad nerve issues with my hands it was (still is?) the most ergonomic non-split controller, so I hope they’ve kept that sensibility with this one since the Deck itself is kind of a nightmare on my hands for long-term use. I guess we’ll see. I hope you can use the split VR controllers with non-VR games. Their promotional video made it sound like you could, but I’ve never used the Valve Index so maybe that’s always been supported. I think it’s really funny they’ve brought back ‘Steam Machines’, that thing they tried back in 2012 or whatever and it totally flopped, but it’s not going to flop now because computer software sucks so much and Linux is eating everyone’s lunch.
the steam machines were shitty collaborations with third party sellers to ship small pre built PCs with an undercooked steam OS without any compatibility layer which meant devs had to port their games to linux and no one did so it flopped. the GabeCube is gonna be first party finely tuned hardware running 2025 SteamOS which basically runs any game under the sun (besides the anti cheat issue).
the flopping depends entirely on the price, especially since USians are suffering right now and probably don’t have money to spend on stuff like this. it could be a great product but chip prices and trade wars could easily kill it.
I got grip/extenders for my SteamDeck, and it really helped out my hands. I still can’t play all day on it, but I’ve noticed a definite improvement.
I’ve definitely thought about it. What do you use?
Something like these: https://www.ebay.com/itm/226035965317
Just a cheap, 3d-printed addon. There are a few variations that I’ve seen. My issue is that my hands are too big (and old), so you might have to look for something more focused on your specific nerve-issues.