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I’m out of the loop. What did the steam controller do.
Despite not having a speaker the steam controller screams when you drop or throw it.
I have no speaker, and I still scream.
Uses similar vibration-based haptic audio output as the Joycons or the Dualsense.
Or the original Steam Controller.
Doesn’t the Dualsense have a dedicated speaker in the bottom middle of the face, independent from the haptic vibrators?
Is this post a joke or are you alluding to functionality that exists on a software level in case a controller were to be released that did include a speaker?
It uses the haptic motors to make a Wilhelm scream sound effect. Not a joke.
Wtf I want one just for that alone. Well, I was going to buy it anyways since I have a SD, but now I have even more justification for it!
You think they licensed that from…it would be Disney now?
Looks like it is licensed under Creative Commons CC0, so anyone should be able to use it for free
Well that’s nice of them.
Wilhelm scream.
screams
If I end up buying one, this would be the reason
This is an absolutely brilliant move by Valve. Get more buyers purely for the quirky behavior of the controller, then sell even more when people accidentally break them from throwing them on the ground. They’re just printing money at this point.
YEP!
think about what game devs are going to be able to use this for - it’s going to attract a very strange, and very fucking cool new type of gameplay interaction. Horror games alone throbbing a bump-bump pulse, cutesy interactions with purring virtual animals, like, shit man, this is gonna be fun!
Another thread reminded me of the good ol Wii days, where the Wiimote did sounds for every character in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
It sounded like shit, but damn was it memorable for 10 year old kids. “Fight me!” “Prepare yourself!”
hell yeah
Wouldn’t surprise me if it weren’t intended but something they had in the dev build to test vibration based haptic audio.
Far as I’m concerned it’s the new normal. (Loving it! and expect to be able to repair it for a loong time.)
