Because Valve is one of the few tech companies that still wants to have fun and be silly like tech used to be. Before we entered the hell scape tech feudalism era.
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I tested this out last night. It took a few tries and my wife thought I was crazy till it screamed out. 11/10 would buy again.
When you drop the Steam controller it plays the Wilheim scream noise. They were trying it out repeatedly agitating their wife in trying something so senseless until it worked to her astonishment.
no, really ?
that's real... amazing
https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/the-steam-controller-wilhelm-scream-easter-egg-is-incredible/
For anyone who gets the ridiculous 5070 overlay ad instead of actual audio (Thanks CNET, for finding really annoying ways around ad blockers), here is just a video of the sound: https://youtu.be/tw5Luf_7F8c
I was responding earnestly because I thought it was polite. That's my mistake.
I don't understand
Parent comment thought you were being sarcastic
Oh sorry, it's a common thing in my area that that's a sarcastic response. I thought you baited me.
I read it wrong. Apologies.
Anyways, I was entirely serious .. it's a weird feature to put into a controller but I get the nerd factor appeal of it. I can't confirm it first hand though, I'm waiting to get my hands on one.
Ah, one of the lucky ones who got their controller actually shipped and in their hands already. Meanwhile tons of us stuck on "Packaged Items" for 2 weeks already, what a chaotic launch...
Scream Controller
Well, now I want a Scream Deck and Scream Machine!
And to wrap a scream frame around my head!
Valve is trapped in a time prism where tech is still fun.
Came here to say exactly this tbh. Apply analytical math to Earth sphere and discover 2 opposite hemispheres rotating in opposite directions - equal to a ZERO value existence. In other words, 4 Earth Quadrants simultaneously rotate inside 4 Time Cube Quarters to create 4 - 24 hour days within one Earth rotation.
GLaDOS/GabeN: They're sentient, you know. I think that one was about to say "I love you".
"What are you doing? YOU MONSTER! They're one of us."
"I'm kidding. Destroying them is part of the test. They are no more important to you than you are to me."
It's beyond silly. And I love it.
But I also hate it because I don't want to drop my controller, but I love that it screams when I do.
"If we're not gonna have planned obsolescence, let's make it so people wanna drop their controllers on purpose!"
I want to buy one just so I can do custom sound effects:
Use the accelerometer to detect when in free fall and play the Goofy falling scream then, on impact, cut it off and play the GTA "Wasted" sound effect.
Billionaires don't make things
I mean, the choice to have the controller scream when dropped might have been something Gabe cooked up
Might just be propagabenda
It can now also play any midi file https://youtu.be/T0RHXColYXU
Probably it logs the impact acceleration event, and denies your warranty claim.
Engineer needed to tune/test it, and this was the easiest way to find out when the event triggers.
Made it fun,
And someone said, "Lets keep it in there"
And so it be



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