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The Steam Controller will scream if you drop it, and I don’t know how to feel about it

Digital Trends·Sudhanshu Kumar Mangalam·19 days ago
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Home Gaming News Valve’s new controller does not suffer drops in silence Valve Valve’s new Steam Controller has a hidden Easter egg that makes it scream when dropped, which is funny until you remember it costs $99. Users have been sharing clips of the controller playing the iconic Wilhelm scream after being dropped from around three feet while in Big Picture Mode. It does not trigger every time, with one widely shared post claiming it happens roughly once every five or six drops. How does the Steam Controller scream without a speaker? The strange part is that the Steam Controller does not need a built-in speaker for this trick. According to reports, it recreates the scream using its haptic motors, which vibrate in specific patterns to mimic the sound. That makes the Easter egg even more absurd, because the controller is basically panicking through vibrations. The scream itself is not random either. It is the Wilhelm scream, one of Hollywood’s most famous stock sound effects.…

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