Lenovo might soon announce a SteamOS handheld

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Lenovo might soon announce a SteamOS handheld - Lemmy.World

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Why do none of these have trackpads? Also I really don't understand why staggered joysticks are the standard.

SteamOS is definitely a step in the right direction, but the layout still looks not quite as good as the steam deck.

Why do none of these have trackpads?

Maybe they’re trying to aim for the crowd for whom the Deck is too expensive, and shaving off some of the hardware helps?

I mean, it does sound like a significant drawback, but if you gotta get the cost down, I suppose that’s one thing to look at.

I’ve never once used the trackpad outside of desktop mode and even then it had limited use cases. What do other people use them for?
You can map a ton of inputs to them or use them for mouse control or more precise stick/dpad control, for a couple examples. I would never buy another handheld without them.