It's not really a console at that point. The biggest upside to selling a fully complete out of the box experience is you've set the floor. Much like how the steam deck set the floor for handheld performance. People have one point of comparison, how does it compare to the steam machine. Not how does it compare to a steam machine.
I mean not everyone might want a controller either. If they’re fine with an Xbox controller (which would work just fine) why force them to buy another controller?
Well if you thought many Linux DEs were too windows like then you’ll love Mac OS. Windows (and most Linux DEs) are focused around maximizing a window, snapping it to the side etc. Mac OS wants you to pile (non maximized) windows on top of each other. If you’re hell bent on maximizing (and not full screening) windows then you’re gonna have a “fun” time. You have to break that habit.
I switched from Linux to Mac OS about 10 years ago and never looked back. I don’t think I can ever go back to Linux being my main OS again. I still use it all the time, but not as my main. It pisses me off too much.
As the article points out, both Linux and Mac OS do the exact same thing. And I don’t see people giving them shit for it. Is it stupid and lazy when they do it?
I came from an elite 2 too. I think I feel the same about the vibration motors. I think the OG 360s are worse than the steams, but the Elites honestly seem about perfect to me.
Also I haven’t measured it, but do the elites triggers feel much longer than the steam? I primarily use a controller to play FH5/motorsport and they feel shallower.
Yeah if you wanted to avoid 3rd party software then valve ain’t the company for you. Both the OG and the new controller need either steam input or 3rd party software.
SISR is kinda buggy for me. Until today any time I opened the program it would break my alt tab menu. Like it just never went away on its own, and explorer kept crashing. They also suggest having the controller connected before starting the program. Didn’t matter if the program was quit, once opened it bugged out windows. But randomly today I rebooted to fix the issue and it hasn’t happened since. Yay?
If you launch the game through steam you can use steam input to customize the controller. Otherwise it acts like an Xbox 360 controller that also happens to have a trackpad (or however you have it configured for desktop mode)
Same, except I always buy more ram than I think I'll ever need.
Currently my desktop has 64 and I don't think I've even used 32 on it with a vm running. Every other machine I destroy my ram. By the time I need more I'm probably going to upgrade CPU/board too.
It does put it into gamepad mode, but that doesn't make it act as a normal xinput device.
I found a (kinda funky) program called SISR which forces steam to think it's always in a game and make it act like a normal joystick. It kinda breaks windows a bit, but at least it works and a reboot fixes windows.
Same. I had an OG controller a long time ago and HATED it and got rid of it. But like a year(?) before the new controller was announced I kinda wanted one again to play with. Not long after I found one at the thrift store and was IMMEDIETLY reminded how much I hate it. But I'm not going to get rid of it because it's a unique piece of tech. One I detest using, but unique and interesting.
in the context of a user who knows basically anything about the two platforms
Why? You can know about something and just not care. Or care, but care about something else more.
I use android and iOS daily and I could never go back to an android phone being my main phone. Android has many advantages, but at the end of the day I care about none of them.
That one confused the shit out of me. I was worried I bricked my brand new controller or something.