Take this with a pinch of salt as you always do with leaks, but it appears Valve may be prepping a Steam Controller 2, along with a new controller for their Deckard VR kit as well.
  • Dave@lemmy.nzEnglish
    25·
    1 month ago

    Better battery placement, because the original is a nightmare to get batteries out.

    I’m curious about this. There’s a little switchy button thing and the batteries pop right out. I’m not sure what makes it a nightmare, I quite like the battery placement.

      • Maalus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        61·
        1 month ago

        Then that’s an engineering mistake / wrong fits, instead of an “battery placement” issue

      • Dave@lemmy.nzEnglish
        1·
        1 month ago

        I’ve always used rechargeables. While I agree to some extent, the action to pop them out makes it a lot easier to get them out than in the Xbox 360 controller from around the same time. The Xbone ones are easier now but perhaps they will do steam controller 2 in a similar way to the 1 but leave a little extra clearance.

    • Chee_Koala@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 month ago

      It takes an extra second to read/see what you are supposed to do, but after that I have to agree with you, I also like the placement and actions required to replace the batteries.

    • 0ops@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      1 month ago

      I thought it was really satisfying. Not to mention just really clever engineering. Back when I still had one I was popping the batteries in and out like it was a fidget toy, definitely wouldn’t call it a nightmare