Steam Controller Drops Touchscreen

[wraggster]

Last year Valve announced a new game controller (http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/13/09/27/1732229/valve-announces-steam-controller) that was trying to innovate on the designs that have been with us for over a decade now. The biggest changes were replacing analog sticks with circular touchpads and plopping a small touchscreen into the middle of the controller. Valve has now revamped their prototype hardware, and the touchscreen is nowhere to be seen (http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/03/valve-replaces-steam-controller-touchscreen-with-new-analog-face-buttons/). In its place are stop/play buttons (which appear similar to start/select buttons) and a bigger Steam logo button. They've also moved around the directional and ABXY buttons, reverting to a more traditional layout (picture (http://media.steampowered.com/img/steamuniverse/DOG_controller_MED.jpg)). They'll be demonstrating the latest prototype next week at GDC (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamuniverse/announcements/detail/1838898818826593734).

http://games.slashdot.org/story/14/03/15/1847226/steam-controller-drops-touchscreen