While yes, those were innovated, there weren't that great to use.  And it was more like a disk that you could press down in different ways, not really the tablet things they are showing here.

And as someone that likes to try new things, yes, I even had a 'Le Stick'.  (not my hand.)

If you were on the Xbox 360 with Kinect you could say, "Quick Save" which is really, really, nice.  (Also, 'Sort by weight or value' are really helpful.)  And saying the shouts is just fun.

But, you would have to give up all those amazing mods.  So many wonderful mods for Skyrim.  Everything seems to come with a hitch.

Can you imagine trying to pick a lock with those Steam Trackpads?  Might be really cool.

This thread makes me sad, but at least there are open-minded people trying the controller and saying great things about it.

That controller is a piece of crap. End of story.

Fascinating design but how will you ever play a fighter with that controller?

This thread makes you sad? You should see the GAF thread. Or the comment sections on ign and gamespot. And if you read Maelstroms blogpost on this, u'd prolly just shed a tear or two.

That controller.... Might have to get a stream machine... Be cool if they gave it a cyber punk look

The controller is supposed to have 6 fire buttons on the bottom (3 on each side), so if one is up for using their fingers, instead of thumb, that could work.  As for the pads one moves their thumbs over, need to see how the controls are with that.  I would be suspect, but it might work.

It looks interesting. I wonder how it's gonna work. I love the idea of the two new buttons on the back side, though I'm not so sure that the lack of a D-pad is a good idea. Also the left trackpad could be a normal analog stick, but I guess Valve wants to make it feel more revolutionary. I guess the price will be important.

Looks like poop to me... He called the shit, poop!