Kojack 🦎 on Nostr: Something I haven't seen mentioned about the new Steam Controller design... touchpad ...
Something I haven't seen mentioned about the new Steam Controller design... touchpad and thumbstick coordinate system alignment.
Thumbsticks align with the overall controller, not your thumbs. We've gotten used to having our thumbs at angles on the thumbsticks (even different angles for each on an xbox layout).
But these touch pads align to your thumbs.
Does that mean moving purely on the Y axis (for example) on the right touchpad is a different physical direction to the right stick?
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2026-01-18 23:50:54 UTCEvent JSON
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