Ability to adjust things around triggers (I don’t know if this is also possible in Steam with xinput controllers, but whatever)

Standard things that other controllers offer: More buttons to adjust (back, front).

Something I’m excited about, something that nothing else has except the Steam deck itself (and something that can’t be done with xinput controllers):
– Gyroscope, in combination with capacitive touch on the joystick.

I understand that people will miss Rumble, but I never felt like it added anything, and I always turned it off.

This gamepad has a xinput switch thus imitating a regular Xbox controller (including its limitations), or a Steam input and can then be freely modified via Steam with all the extras.
I think there’s also an app that allows you to tweak the xinput mode a bit more (like the turbo buttons or hair triggers).

The xinput mode (this mode) is wired only, which is a bit strange. Obviously it comes with a dongle, maybe you could do something with it. (8bitdo has several controllers with dongles, and then you can choose what that dongle emulates. On the Switch, there’s a Nintendo Pro controller, but on the PC it’s a xinput controller. The Ultimate controller has a dongle and then you can use tap Buttons on the gamepad Choose whether it pretends to be a Nintendo controller (no gyro, but digital triggers) or a xinput controller (no gyro, but analog triggers).

Now think about this to be honest:
My problem really is that the only use case for gaming with the controller is when I’m playing on the TV. This usually goes to my computer via Moonlight. So it’s the TV that needs to support the gamepad, and may not understand the SteamInput layer. I could dock a steam party as a Moonlight minion, but that seems like too much hassle.

If I’m playing with my nose in front of a laptop or desktop, I’ll never use a gamepad (at least for shooters where gyroscope is a thing).

So I’m definitely excited for something that finally puts a capacitive touch on the joysticks, just like the Steam deck. Only for my TV use case setup this doesn’t work, and with only a wired xinput input there is a better all-rounder on the market. But maybe get one for your suitcase.