![]() ![]() ![]() After about 30 minutes of playing any game, my palms get warm enough to start sweating, in a way that’s never happened with a DualSense or Xbox controller. The Steam Deck runs hot, but it’s never scalding to the touch - instead, it feels like all that heat is dispersed throughout the device, including in the controller grips. ![]() It truly feels like my hands are too small for the Steam Deck. I have to support the controller by clutching the grips about an inch above the bottom, straining my pinky fingers and encroaching on the back buttons in a way that renders them useless. At more than 4.5 inches tall, I’m unable to rest the Steam Deck on my palms while also reaching the top buttons with my thumbs, and even using the analog sticks is difficult in this position. Two bumpers line the top, with two triggers and four clickers on the back. The Steam Deck is a full-size controller with a 7-inch LCD touchscreen in the middle it has big, rounded grips, haptic trackpads on either side of the screen, and analog sticks and face buttons above those. Anyone with smaller-than-average hands, here’s where you need to listen up. It’s easily remedied with some stretching and repositioning, but the Steam Deck always ends up back on my lap and the cycle of discomfort continues.Īnd then there’s the sheer size of the thing. After about an hour in this position, the muscles along the back of my head start to ache, and I’ve been calling this phenomenon Steam Deck neck. I find myself holding the system low in my lap, often propping it up on my thighs and craning my neck down in order to play. The Steam Deck’s heft affects how I interact with every game in my Steam library.
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