eXtremeRate Announces Clicky Buttons for Steam Deck - Steam Deck HQ
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eXtremeRate has released a clicky face button kit for the Steam Deck to mimic mechanical keyboards and increase responsiveness.
  • @ASaltPepper
    19•7 months ago

    Now I’m left hoping for a silent button upgrade 👀

    • FubarberryOPMEnglish
      15•7 months ago

      Yeah, I can put up with mushy buttons if it lets me play in bed while my wife’s asleep.

      • @triptrapper@lemmy.world
        4•7 months ago

        My partner regularly asks when they’ll add a “girlfriend mode” for this reason. She likes having me in bed next to her, but doesn’t love the clicks.

        • FubarberryOPMEnglish
          3•7 months ago

          I have some games where I’ve additionally bound the face buttons to light touches on the trackpad. Joysticks+triggers are usually quiet enough already, so being able to lightly touch the trackpad for quiet inputs makes it pretty quiet.

          Obviously, it can’t be a real fast paced game, but it’s a decent compromise for games that are slower paced.

          • @HoloPengin@lemmy.world
            3•7 months ago

            Throw some silicone joystick protector rings on your sticks if you haven’t. Makes the joystick almost completely silent even when I slam them against the shell, and as long as they’re seated right and clean they’ll still slide smoothly against the shell. Just make sure to run through the calibration script so you still have full joystick range after adding them

  • Shadow
    11•7 months ago

    I’m intrigued and want to try them, but I worry the clicking noise would get annoying. I hold the deck a lot closer to my ears than my mouse usually is.

    • JohnEdwa
      2•7 months ago

      The switches used in the eXremeRate look to be rather close in size to the ones the deck uses for L1 & R1, so I would imagine the sound would be similar as well.

    • timo_timboo
      2•7 months ago

      Yeah the SP is quite something special. It uses clicky buttons, but also keeps the rubber membranes which give it this softer clickiness. Not sure why Nintendo did that? Though to be fair it was also one of the first consoles to use clicky buttons, maybe they just hadn’t completely figured it out yet?

  • @Carter@feddit.ukEnglish
    3•7 months ago

    Definitely a worthwhile upgrade. I refuse to use controllers without clicky buttons these days.