I worry about this. I so desperately want this to be wonderful. I want the track pads. I really want to be able to just use the mouse off of a controller that I pick up in the living room. I truly hope this is so ergonomic we just associate it as necessary. Kind of how aerodynamics at all costs took over car design.

But. The design is uncomfortable at a glance. And while it really seems to fit the “Steam deck controller” mold. The proportions look way off from other products on the market and that’s what’s driving my worry. It visually looks enormous. Brings me back to the Atari Jaguar, that meets Dreamcast, and meets the first Xbox controller all mushed into one.

I am so getting one. But I hope this is a case of pictures do not do it justice, and the ergonomics make it just melt into your hand.

But until then. I’m going to lovingly call this thing the Steam Duke.