This was just what the Steam Controller already had years ago, and adapted into the Steam Deck :) I own both now and use my Steam Controller as a remote controller for the Steam Deck sometimes. Loving both!
One of the coolest uses I've seen for the track pads is in point and click adventures, specifically the Monkey Island games, a community layout was made where you can turn the left track pad into a nine button radial menu for the verbs you use. These menu abilities are game changers. This is the most functional controller I've ever used and the community layouts and support behind it enhances it tenfold.
On pc, steam can also be used to utilize ds4/dualsense trackpad to be like this Theres more to it too, you can customize it from a hotwheel to a scroolwheel and etc
It works amazingly. I was playing a game not optimized for the Deck and it was as good or better than using a mouse. It’s very responsive, almost feels like a trackball.
This is ironic. The touchpads on Steam Deck that are being praised today are very similar to the touchpads that Valve featured on the Steam Controller, years ago, that too many people ripped out of ignorance. My my, how times have changed.
I love my steam controllers. Doom '16 taught me how to use the track pad, and I never wanted a right joystick again. It's funny that they are super expensive now.
I think the reason steam controllers were discontinued was because of some other 3rd party controller company (scuf something like that) sued and won the case vs valve, so they had to discontinue the contoller as well as payout for "damages". It was a completely bs case, I honestly don't even know how they won. Infringement of back paddles, apparently. Which is funny, since xbox has the very same type of controller through their own "elite" version and even Playstation had that "back paddles" accessory for their controller iirc. I really want them to come back with a steam contoller 2 with the same face button layout as the deck, track pads and all! (Without "infringing" qualities)
I’ve made setting such as button combinations like control z to go to one button on the radial menu. It’s very difficult to learn the settings but if you read valves guide on it, it gets much easier.
I just installed the gog installer and was able to get some old RTS games running like War Craft 2 and Hero's of Might and Magic. The track pads work great for these games.
You forgot to mention that those track pads are a hybrid mix of a mouse and joystick you can configure those so that you can have an endless movement like a joystick but the precision of a mouse you can add a settings to where when you move your finger towards the edge it will start to go in One direction and you can adjust the sensitivity and a settings to where if you hold it for a certain amount of time it will start to move that's where the magic happens that no other device that I can think of has sure we've had devices like this with touchpads but not like this you can so desire to remove the trackball mode if you wanted
Track pads is just touching the surface what one can do with them. Here one option, like shoot games you can use the right track pad for looking around, but act like the abxy buttons too.
This is why the steam controller is goated in my opinion. Nobody else seemed to like the steam controller whether it was reviews online or my wife or friends using it on my PC nobody really cared for it. The steam controller ergonomics are on point and the touch pads were literally a game changer. After some practice, the touch pads make for SIGNIFICANTLY better camera/aiming controls than a standard Dpad. Good to see that people are finally warming up to them! Trying to play my ps3 or using Xbox/ds4 controller on PC makes aiming feel impossible now lol the touch pads (again with practice) allow for much better precision controls.
Game Gear: I eat through batteries like a fat kid at a buffet! Steam Deck: Hold my beer Loving it though XD Bought a power brick specifically for play while out. If you do plan to travel with it i do suggest a hard case
@@CragScrambler I'm being silly. Yeah, with settings tweaks and stuff you can get some good hours from it, but I did try Cyberpunk at max settings and it gave me an estimated hour and 40 minutes or so Of course, never gonna play that for that long with those settings. Best to turn it down just for heat reasons alone.
@@Praxus42 On the same note I installed Black ops 3 and playing zombies gives me an estimated battery life of an hour when near 100%. Not bad but I sadly manage to die before it gets too close to dying 😮💨
You know what the Steam Deck also only has? Supporting analog triggers and gyro at the same time. Well, the Steam Controller and dualshock/dualsense also have this but it angers me to no end that no other third party controllers I have with analog triggers and gyro can’t do both at the same time; probably because of most of them having Switch compatibility.
Honestly as cool as they are I would rather have them be removed and place the normal d pad and other buttons in their place to make it less bulky but that’s just me
Anyone who thinks this has never done a radial menu inventory bind setup with the trackpads. By using "Radial menu" with the trackpads in steam input, it gives you 40 (You're reading that correctly, 40) additional "button" inputs, 20 per trackpad. This used to be amazing on Steam Controller but you typically had to use a modeshift button to swap between analog stick/mouse functionality and the radial menu functions, but because steam deck has dual analog, you have free reign to just use the touchpads like that undisturbed, and it's great. Touchpads are the most underrated part of the steam deck and even the steam controller.
@@WMan37 Ya I looked up radial menu after reading your comment and watch some dude playing around on star citizen with a steam controller pretty cool considering you don't have a keyboard so you changed my mind ill take the trackpads lol use them for games that actually need more buttons 😄
@@RobBobCornOnTheCob I love to use radial menu binds for either inventory or quick access to functions. For example, on my steam controller, in the game Warframe instead of picking abilities with the DPad and casting them with RB, I have RB set to modeshift my right touchpad into 4 ability buttons in a radial menu on the trackpad I use to aim, so I don't even have to lift my thumb off my aiming touchpad OR movement stick to cast abilities. My left trackpad has access to 10 gear menu items. Try flick stick + gyro aim once in a while too, steam input is insane with how much you can customize it. One of the main reasons I'm looking forward to the steam deck is because I'm so looking forward to having all those inputs beyond what a regular controller does available to tinker with. Protip: If you're using touchpads to aim and not your analog stick, set it up to swipe your character's look 45 degrees per comfortable swipe, but use gyro to fine tune the aim within those 45 degree swipes.
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Bro called it the steam tag
This was just what the Steam Controller already had years ago, and adapted into the Steam Deck :) I own both now and use my Steam Controller as a remote controller for the Steam Deck sometimes. Loving both!
You re soo lucky we cant even buy these things on turkey (they didn't sell them on here)
@@muharremsuz you just gotta order from outside your country bro
@@JDM4EVR it double or even higher the prize.
@@muharremsuz bro but if you want one bad enough , you are gonna pay the price , if not I hope you can begin to afford one in the near future !
@@JDM4EVR i will be buy a steam controller someday. I hope
The track pads were fur sure what sparked my interest in the thing tbh. 🤘
Steam Deck is my favourite gaming system right now and I'm lucky enough to have all the news generation systems. It's absolutely brilliant ...
Sounds like he first said steam tag
Yeah I heard that too and how to replay and I still hear the same thing.
The haptics on them feel great too, not just rumble but resistance as well.
One of the coolest uses I've seen for the track pads is in point and click adventures, specifically the Monkey Island games, a community layout was made where you can turn the left track pad into a nine button radial menu for the verbs you use. These menu abilities are game changers. This is the most functional controller I've ever used and the community layouts and support behind it enhances it tenfold.
"Steam Tag"
Thought I was trippin
It functions like a trackpad the reason being it is a trackpad
You can also use the trackpads for new button inputs as well. It's possible to give yourself 4 new buttons on one trackpad
Or you can make it a radial menu with even more buttons
On pc, steam can also be used to utilize ds4/dualsense trackpad to be like this
Theres more to it too, you can customize it from a hotwheel to a scroolwheel and etc
It's a really cool input method
With first person games the right track pad is as good as a mouse. Accurate aiming vs analog. So good.
It works amazingly. I was playing a game not optimized for the Deck and it was as good or better than using a mouse. It’s very responsive, almost feels like a trackball.
It defaults to trackball mode but can be switched to normal mouse pointer control.
This is ironic. The touchpads on Steam Deck that are being praised today are very similar to the touchpads that Valve featured on the Steam Controller, years ago, that too many people ripped out of ignorance. My my, how times have changed.
I love my steam controllers. Doom '16 taught me how to use the track pad, and I never wanted a right joystick again. It's funny that they are super expensive now.
I think the reason steam controllers were discontinued was because of some other 3rd party controller company (scuf something like that) sued and won the case vs valve, so they had to discontinue the contoller as well as payout for "damages".
It was a completely bs case, I honestly don't even know how they won. Infringement of back paddles, apparently. Which is funny, since xbox has the very same type of controller through their own "elite" version and even Playstation had that "back paddles" accessory for their controller iirc.
I really want them to come back with a steam contoller 2 with the same face button layout as the deck, track pads and all! (Without "infringing" qualities)
@@bolognabong sorry for the double reply, but man, I remember seeing them for 5$ on steam, now they are 100+ from other people lol!
@@navi8801 yeah, I am really sad that I missed that sale when it happened.
Just got my Oled. Thank you GOD!
The ps4 Ps5 and the old steam controller also has this feature still really cool and helps in games that uses mouse for menus
"SteamTag"?
It’s been very useful for me to use as an all in one pc if i have to but it’s nice to have a BT keyboard and mouse for ease of use
Tbh i dont use the trackpads much but they are very useful when i do need them
I want Steam Deck so bad. 😊
Taths a awesome machinne.!!❤
The trackpad is not new (steam controller). The capacitive Joysticks are!
I heard some people use it as a wii remote pointer when emulating wii games
I feel like everybody's sleeping on the gyroscope
I’ve made setting such as button combinations like control z to go to one button on the radial menu. It’s very difficult to learn the settings but if you read valves guide on it, it gets much easier.
He says, with a ps5 controller sitting right there, doing exactly the same thing…
I just installed the gog installer and was able to get some old RTS games running like War Craft 2 and Hero's of Might and Magic. The track pads work great for these games.
thats insane
Did you say Steam Keg?
You forgot to mention that those track pads are a hybrid mix of a mouse and joystick you can configure those so that you can have an endless movement like a joystick but the precision of a mouse you can add a settings to where when you move your finger towards the edge it will start to go in One direction and you can adjust the sensitivity and a settings to where if you hold it for a certain amount of time it will start to move that's where the magic happens that no other device that I can think of has sure we've had devices like this with touchpads but not like this you can so desire to remove the trackball mode if you wanted
Also your track pad on your ps controllers work as well
The most the steam deck has to offer how about actually being delivered to my house ???
very useful playing knights of the old republic ;)
D's, ps Vita, tablets, phone, 3ds, Sega pico, ...
Lol
Holy shit their chrome on this bad boy? Dam I can join zoom meeting and won't have to lie about not having a camera.
everyone should have one, you can play almost all systems on it, plus the desktop mode allows you to download anything.
Track pads is just touching the surface what one can do with them. Here one option, like shoot games you can use the right track pad for looking around, but act like the abxy buttons too.
It is a wild way to use the controller for sure
Computers used to only need keyboards but now
Its interesting isn't it
Steam tag
I love mine I got the 512gb and been playing starwars and the graphics I think are amazing and top notch
The steam deck is a god controller
The gpd win 3 and 4 has a kind of track pad but doesn't look as good
The video looks so small with the massive black borders on the left and right. Who likes this?
🤣 fun fact it's actually a trackpad
I might have to get one for project zomboid and other amazing pc games
This is why the steam controller is goated in my opinion. Nobody else seemed to like the steam controller whether it was reviews online or my wife or friends using it on my PC nobody really cared for it. The steam controller ergonomics are on point and the touch pads were literally a game changer. After some practice, the touch pads make for SIGNIFICANTLY better camera/aiming controls than a standard Dpad. Good to see that people are finally warming up to them! Trying to play my ps3 or using Xbox/ds4 controller on PC makes aiming feel impossible now lol the touch pads (again with practice) allow for much better precision controls.
Game Gear: I eat through batteries like a fat kid at a buffet!
Steam Deck: Hold my beer
Loving it though XD Bought a power brick specifically for play while out. If you do plan to travel with it i do suggest a hard case
Really? I'm getting 4 hours out of most games with some fiddling of the settings.
@@CragScrambler I'm being silly. Yeah, with settings tweaks and stuff you can get some good hours from it, but I did try Cyberpunk at max settings and it gave me an estimated hour and 40 minutes or so
Of course, never gonna play that for that long with those settings. Best to turn it down just for heat reasons alone.
@@Praxus42 On the same note I installed Black ops 3 and playing zombies gives me an estimated battery life of an hour when near 100%. Not bad but I sadly manage to die before it gets too close to dying 😮💨
Pretty sure I have trackpads on my laptops and steam controllers
I should really save up for a steam deck I hate the fact that I'm such a console peasant and I'm playing on the Nintendo switch right now
Bro has chrome on his steam deck 💀
So the thing you wanted to show off was a thing that was heavily advertised?
Yup
I wouldve rather the d pad be in the traditional spot and not have the touch pads
What's the battery life like?
You know what the Steam Deck also only has? Supporting analog triggers and gyro at the same time. Well, the Steam Controller and dualshock/dualsense also have this but it angers me to no end that no other third party controllers I have with analog triggers and gyro can’t do both at the same time; probably because of most of them having Switch compatibility.
Oh that’s interesting. I didn’t know that.
Love it
How do you go to desktop mode
BRO W FOR THE NI NO KUNI 2
Love this game
@@julienmelnick fr bru it's a hidden gem
It's amazing
I have the deck, the mousepads are not that great. Glazin
Sweet
Isn’t it touch screen though?
Honestly as cool as they are I would rather have them be removed and place the normal d pad and other buttons in their place to make it less bulky but that’s just me
Anyone who thinks this has never done a radial menu inventory bind setup with the trackpads. By using "Radial menu" with the trackpads in steam input, it gives you 40 (You're reading that correctly, 40) additional "button" inputs, 20 per trackpad. This used to be amazing on Steam Controller but you typically had to use a modeshift button to swap between analog stick/mouse functionality and the radial menu functions, but because steam deck has dual analog, you have free reign to just use the touchpads like that undisturbed, and it's great. Touchpads are the most underrated part of the steam deck and even the steam controller.
@@WMan37 Ya I looked up radial menu after reading your comment and watch some dude playing around on star citizen with a steam controller pretty cool considering you don't have a keyboard so you changed my mind ill take the trackpads lol use them for games that actually need more buttons 😄
@@RobBobCornOnTheCob I love to use radial menu binds for either inventory or quick access to functions. For example, on my steam controller, in the game Warframe instead of picking abilities with the DPad and casting them with RB, I have RB set to modeshift my right touchpad into 4 ability buttons in a radial menu on the trackpad I use to aim, so I don't even have to lift my thumb off my aiming touchpad OR movement stick to cast abilities. My left trackpad has access to 10 gear menu items.
Try flick stick + gyro aim once in a while too, steam input is insane with how much you can customize it. One of the main reasons I'm looking forward to the steam deck is because I'm so looking forward to having all those inputs beyond what a regular controller does available to tinker with.
Protip: If you're using touchpads to aim and not your analog stick, set it up to swipe your character's look 45 degrees per comfortable swipe, but use gyro to fine tune the aim within those 45 degree swipes.
Can a VPN be added?
Not sure
"the SteamTag has to offer" Oh, the SteamDeck got a new name X3
Sorry, the accidental name kurfuffle gave me a laugh for some reason. XD
Can you get Netflix and stuff on it
yea
Steambox: 😐
They don't have that yet
@@julienmelnick look up steam machine release date
Does apex legend work well on steam deck?
Surprisingly
@@julienmelnick thanks for reply
When your a grown adult that drives, what is the point of one of these? I'm not downing I'm just curious.
I dont understand the example
@@julienmelnick what is the point of owning a steam deck.
I hope they make a steam deck without the trackpads
Are you keeping it?
Yes
It can take months and months to get one of course he is lol
Nah, thats not unique. What is unique is the tpuch sensitive thumbsticks. Why does noone ever talk about the thumbsticks
Because its not really super useful
Only 4 games
huh?
Good contents. But the heat dissipation of the product is not as good as that of win Max 2.
I’m more amazed it acts like a D pad tbh lmao
this is a lie
There is way to many people talking about the same crap stop plaese just stop
Deeznuts
Steam deck is trashy 😂
Steam tag
Steam tag
discord only