Tony Bark@pawb.social to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agoOne gamer got so tired of waiting for Valve, he made his own 'Steam Controller 2' out of Steam Deck parts, and it even splits in half like Switch Joy-Conswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up1244arrow-down112cross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.casteamdeck@sopuli.xyz
arrow-up1232arrow-down1external-linkOne gamer got so tired of waiting for Valve, he made his own 'Steam Controller 2' out of Steam Deck parts, and it even splits in half like Switch Joy-Conswww.pcgamer.comTony Bark@pawb.social to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agomessage-square32linkfedilinkcross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.casteamdeck@sopuli.xyz
minus-squaretallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-211 hours agoFrom the article, I believe that it’s Steam Deck parts, not Steam Controller 1 parts. Which makes sense, because you can get a Steam Deck, but the Steam Controller 1 has been out of production for some years. EDIT: Wikipedia says that production ended in 2019.
minus-squarezqps@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 hours agoYou can get them secondhand, that’s not the issue. What would be the point of making a Steam controller from Steam controller parts? We already have that.
From the article, I believe that it’s Steam Deck parts, not Steam Controller 1 parts.
Which makes sense, because you can get a Steam Deck, but the Steam Controller 1 has been out of production for some years.
EDIT: Wikipedia says that production ended in 2019.
You can get them secondhand, that’s not the issue. What would be the point of making a Steam controller from Steam controller parts? We already have that.