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Steam Controller 2 is apparently a thing and being 'tooled for a mass production' plus a new VR controller

www.gamingonlinux.com Steam Controller 2 is apparently a thing and being 'tooled for a mass production' plus a new VR controller

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.

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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.
- Rechargeable AAs like to get stuck in there since they are slightly thicker
  
  Then that's an engineering mistake / wrong fits, instead of an "battery placement" issue
  
  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.
- 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
- 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.
Sweet mother of god, yes: my body is ready for another Steam controller.
Take my money
Last one was garbage. Not sorry.
- Imma need you to expand this answer.
  
  I don't care for controller gaming much, but this one didn't strike me as notably worse than amy other.
  
  Bad shape, poor feel and quality, and the track pad takes up too much space for a hack.
  
  Limited official game support made it a detection nightmare and caused quite a few games to register it as m&KB.
  
  Haptics on PS5 are also much much better.
- Idk why you are being down voted it’s true. It was a plasticity nightmare. And I don’t understand how people liked the track pads. There’s a reason a carry a mouse with my gaming laptop because there’s no way I’m going to play a fps with a track pad
  
  The gaming community for whatever reason mostly has hard on for value. Despite them rent seeking and being a generally shitty company where it matters.
  
  Paid betas killing discs...yay steam!

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