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Here's the article with the rest of the photos.

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[–] FreeBooteR69@kbin.social 101 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Missing the track pads, total garbage.

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I agree. The article claims this mockup has better "trackpads", but I think they're just referring to the thumbsticks.

[–] Hyacathusarullistad@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah, I think the article and the image are both AI generated, so the "author" of the article really has no idea what the image actually looks like.

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[–] thatsTheCatch@lemmy.nz 82 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This reminds me of the XBOX 720 memes from back in the day where the console was a sphere or some shit

[–] Ser_Salty@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago

IT'S SPHERICAL

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.one 66 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Please don't feed bullshit designs like this oxygen. It's bad enough seeing all the "PS5 Pro" and "Switch 2" articles.

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[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 65 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No trackpads = no thanks

Also why does the screen jut out like that?

[–] Rossel@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How comes Valve is the only one to get inputs right? Not even fan renders get it right.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Nobody else is thinking of it as "PC gaming on a console"

They're thinking in terms of "A console which is a PC"

In other words, their heads are in console mode rather than in PC gaming mode. They aren't thinking of an effective mouse option to play paradox games and the like.

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[–] Centillionaire@kbin.social 45 points 1 year ago
[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 36 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Why is it upside down?

That pad and buttons look painful.

This has got to be rage bait

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[–] TicklishRocket@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I am almost positive the Steam Deck 2 will be the same design with upgraded hardware, maybe additional USB port or something.

Valve put a lot of RND into the Decks design and ergonomics. I think it would be a waste of money to change it. Money i would rather them use towards an OLED screen or something.

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

I hope they find a way to make it almost as thin as a PSP or a Switch, and powerful enough to play games at 1080p. Maybe then I'll consider one.

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[–] Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Concepts are always made by the people I least want to actually be in charge of design

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[–] Oha@feddit.de 30 points 1 year ago

holy shit this thing is ugly

[–] dudewitbow@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This design is dumber than that one rounded boomerang ps3 prototype controller

[–] Molecular0079@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

At least the boomerang curved into your palms. This literally curves away. The only part of your body that will be holding onto this "prototype" when you use its joysticks are the tips of your fingers.

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[–] Grishaix@feddit.de 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] alansuspect@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I forgot these existed! I always wanted one...

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[–] Zalzabar@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

Sweet mercy that's ugly

[–] soulsource@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 1 year ago

Cool! It even has an unintentionally belly-operated off-button!

(Sorry, but this design looks like a UX nightmare. The Sticks feel barely reachable, the buttons on the bottom will be touched unintentionally, the shoulder pads aren't clearly separated, the ABXY buttons are way too small, the speaker seems to be mono,... The list of shortcomings could go on forever...)

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Shit looks hella uncomfortable to hold

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[–] HeavyRaptor@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 year ago

Where are the touch pads? Are they secret? Are they safe?

[–] explodes@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

What kind of prank is the artist trying to pull?

[–] CurlyWurlies4All@prxs.site 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love this shit. They're always so wrong but such fun designs. I wish I could find pictures of the old PS3 and Xbox 720 concepts that people were paying back in the day.

[–] phi1997@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Rounded corners on the screen? Yuck

[–] mrfriki@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

That’s probably the least disgusting feature of them all, kinda looking forward for a monitor with rounded corners even though I know the problems that it will carry. The inverted shape of the handles though…

[–] Tag365@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 year ago (4 children)

What? The Steam Deck needs trackpads and L4, L5, R4, and R5 buttons! Without them I wouldn't have been able to play modded Minecraft properly due to the amount of controls introduced by the mods I use.

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[–] skymtf@pricefield.org 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This looks really clunky. Like the steam deck is simple and familiar to me

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[–] wagesj45@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't worry, its just a concept design from Carota. Zero chance this gets out the door.

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[–] SloganLessons@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] suckaduck@feddit.nl 13 points 1 year ago

Is it the 1st of April already?

[–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've never seen a good fan render. Ever.

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[–] the16bitgamer@programming.dev 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Didn’t think anyone would be inspired by this controller

[–] MeaanBeaan@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Getting serious Wutang controller vibes.

[–] fidodo@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Looks like a game gear

Holding this is the equivalent of trying to run in your dreams. Can’t be done.

[–] Metal_Zealot@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

When's the MadCatz brand Steam deck competitor coming out?

[–] XLRV@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

Shit looks AI generated lmao, totally unusable shape lmao.

Here is an archive version of the link for those that don't want to give clicks to rage-baiters.

[–] jerome@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One speaker... in the middle.

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[–] dobo99@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Maybe unpopular but I kinda like the design and the aluminium looking bottom line.. but it's still dumb and not repairable like this. Also, we just want the old one with a better screen.

[–] giacomo@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

It looks like an upsidedown Xbox controller with a screen in the middle.

[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

The lips around the d-pad and buttons look terrible.

[–] NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They’re joking….right?

🦗
…Guys?

[–] Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Almost certain somebody is trolling with this design lol.

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