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Valve Acknowledges Stick Drift Issues with Steam Deck

Following multiple reports of stick drift on the recently launched Steam Deck, Valve say a firmware update will resolve "deadzone regression". All eyes on r/SteamDeck to see if it "sticks".

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Neonridr1532d ago

apparently it was a deadzone bug attributed to a previous firmware. They put out a fix and people on the Steam Deck reddit page have already confirmed it fixed it.

jznrpg1532d ago

They haven’t been out long so it’s hard to say there isn’t other reasons for stick drift like every other controller out there .

Neonridr1532d ago

it wasn't stick drift in the traditional sense. It was just a calibration error that creeped in. Whether or not there will be real accounts of drift down the road, who knows. Personally I've never had a traditional controller experience it and my Valve Index controllers never had that problem, nor have my 2 launch sets of joy cons. I guess I'm lucky.

Vits1532d ago

Stick drift will happen no matter what. That is just the nature of this kind of piece. But this was really just an issue with the firmware.

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Servbot411531d ago

Every console should have deadzone settings built into the system's user settings.

Outlawzz1532d ago

Hopefully this isn't a Nintendo stick drift issue. That's the motherload of stick drift. Just like Xbox 360 rrod lol

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Sgt_Slaughter1532d ago

The Joy-Cons drifting (which can literally be fixed by a simple piece of cardboard, not sure how that hasn't been addressed in the building of the controllers) has definitely masked the bigger issue, Xbox One and DualShock 4 controllers also had a ton of drifting issues but they never made the news like the Switch did. Both my DS4s and Xbox One controllers have drifting and stick issues.

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Hofstaderman1532d ago (Edited 1532d ago )

I hope this is not an issue. Its not like you can easily buy controllers like you can for the switch. I agree its too early to tell if its an actual issue. I have two sets of joy cons with stick drift and its really irritating when playing KOTOR. Gonna invest in a pro controller soon

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Knightofelemia1531d ago

At least Valve knows its there Nintendo knows its there also but they tend to sweep their joycon drift under the carpet and pretend everything is all right. I only had three XB1 controllers with joystick drift I just parted them out and I had one Switch Pro controller with joystick drift I just traded it into EB Games. So far my Dualshock 4 and PS5 controllers show no signs of joystick drift "knock on wood".

Neonridr1531d ago

these aren't the same things.

Knightofelemia1531d ago

Really if they are not the same things. Then how does one define joystick drift then? This was a patch for now but every stick no matter what controller will get or has had joystick drift.

Neonridr1531d ago

@Knighofelemia - this was a software bug. The drift we experience on controllers like the joycons is a hardware fault.

I'm not saying that joystick drift might not happen down the road, but in these specific instances it was simply a bug that was corrected with a firmware fix.

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Games Done Quick is coming to Europe for the first time with 3 days of Gamescom speedruns

The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.

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Steam Controller (2026) review

Second time's the charm.

cl198313d ago (Edited 13d ago )

Seams like a nice controller

Reaper22_13d ago

Two analog sticks acrossvftom each other is a no go.When will everyone learn.

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Microsoft Lowers the Price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate And PC Game Pass, But What’s Next For Xbox?

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is getting cheaper but Call of Duty is leaving day-one access. Here’s what we think the price drop means for Xbox, PC Game Pass, and the future of the service.

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VaNdAl12d ago

Phil Spencer killed the Xbox Let It Go move on to PC

Jingsing12d ago

They would be better breaking up what valued assets they still have and put them out to auction for the competition.
There is no more financial gain for them on any trajectory in the entertainment space.