this post was submitted on 09 Apr 2025
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Steam Deck

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[–] [email protected] 74 points 1 week ago (1 children)

$5 delivery

Ugh. They always try to get you with the shipping... Pass.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm not from the US, what's wrong with it?

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

It's a joke reference to sellers who will list items for very cheap, but with very high postage costs, to try to trick people into viewing their product more favourably. Nothing actually wrong in this instance.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

i see thanks

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

I don't know if it's changed or not, but back when I used eBay all the time, they took their cut out of the sale price of the item, shipping charges were untouched. So if you sold something for a dollar and charged $100 shipping, eBay's percentage only came out of the dollar.

[–] [email protected] 73 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm glad this wasn't the final design. Those haptic pads and small sticks look awful to use.

Nonetheless, this is cool as hell to see!

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'd bet they're steam controller touch pads, and they're quite a bit bigger than the final steam deck ones. Probably normal sized sticks too, with that in mind. The sizes are relatively identical to my steam controller

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Isn't that mostly an unenforceable request? And the fact that's probably stolen or whoever got it had a non disclosure agreement probably is a bigger deal

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Did you respond to the wrong person or something?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Seems so. I remember a "not for resale" remark somewhere.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Ah, well I agree that definitely looks unenforceable to me

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I really prefer the Steam Controller track pads, shoulder buttons and triggers, they're just much more clicky.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I don't think I have a preference on the touchpads honestly but I vastly prefer the steam deck controls overall. Been hoping for a standalone steam controller 2 ever since it came out

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

That's why you make prototypes.

[–] phx 38 points 1 week ago (1 children)

With the "not for resale" stamp clearly shown to boot.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

No, the stamp is on the back.
The power button on the top is to boot.

[–] FreeBooteR69 13 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago

Someone get this to Bringus Studios immediately.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

100% half life 3 leaks on this bad boy

[–] uninvitedguest 6 points 1 week ago

TBH the front looks fine to me, though there's a strong likelihood of accidentally touching the touchpads while using the thumb sticks.

What I'm glad they fixed up are the back/grip buttons, as this prototype is "push" only, where as I almost exclusively use them as "squeeze". These are missing the L-shape where the button is built in to not just the back plate, but also the inside of the hand grip.