yuunikki[Discussion] What are your definitive (or alternative) accessories, controllers, etc for the Steam Deck?
KrompusI have the official Steam Deck Dock, a screen protector and thumb stick grips. For input I have a Steam Controller, a G502X wired non-RGB and an all-black Keychron V1 with Gateron Pro Reds and blank keycaps and a marbled black resin wrist rest – ninja board! I’ve also got an Oxygen25 MIDI keyboard for music, I use FamiTracker to make chiptune and this is a great mobile studio. ATH-m50x headphones, they’re good but I miss my old Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro.
I really hope they make a new Steam Controller with the same inputs as the Deck. I’m addicted to the back L4 L5 R4 R5 buttons. Heck I don’t even need the trackpads. If anybody knows a third party controller with four back buttons like that, please let me know (especially if they function like the Deck’s inputs and aren’t hardcoded to ABXY or something).
- If you only want back buttons, the Xbox Elite controller has them. For some reason, it doesn’t have other features many other controllers have, like gyro or touchpads, while being more expensive than many, even in its Core version. I think paying 50-60€ for 4 back buttons and a slightly higher quality controller is too much, and I wouldn’t go that way.
- The XIM Nexus also has 4 back buttons, gyro, and is apparently able to convert gyro movements to the right joystick, so it also works on Xbox. However, it’s even more expensive than the Xbox Elite Core, and seems to be sold out in many places.
- The 8bitdo Ultimate has only 2 back buttons but also has gyro controls, and is not overpriced. I’ve read, however, that the gyro can be flimsy. There’s also a Switch layout version, sold with an adapter.
I would love Steam to release a Steam Controller v2 with a Deck layout (although that would make for a big controller), I’m just not sure the Steam Controller v1 sold well enough on its own to justify that.
The Rise4 remap kit for Dualsense isn’t exactly “hardcoded” to ABXY, you can map them to any combination of face buttons. You can’t create new ones, though. However! If you’re not using the trackpads, you can assign steam virtual menus to them, and get up to 16 new “soft” buttons on each side.