• tal@lemmy.today
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    3 days ago

    I’m kind of surprised that they aren’t doing Steam Deck-style trackpads. I mean, it probably saves some money, but it seems like a major drawback if the point is “run Windows games on the platform”.

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      3 days ago

      I don’t care to look it up, but I would suspect that Valve has a patent on their trackpads in the context of a handheld console. It might be difficult or impossible for anyone else to try to utilize the same concept.

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        1 day ago

        If that were true then 1 trackpad would’ve been enough, no? Like legion go. Also ayaneo kun exists and it has 2 trackpads which most likely isn’t true that valve has a patent on trackpads.

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        3 days ago

        They don’t, both the Lenovo Legion Go and the AYANEO Kun have a touchpad.
        Microsoft must be woefully afraid of alternative input methods. I fully believe this thing wouldn’t even have a Gyro if it wasn’t building off the previous ROG Ally.