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Technical wonders are always a delight to see, and the people with a know-how on engineering never cease to amaze with the amount of creativity that they can put into already-existing devices when the dire need requires it.

Reddit user, mrblackm123, is currently the owner of a Steam Deck, but started experience some issues on the controller side of the device. Due to the lack of replacement parts to fully repair the Steam Deck, the user opted to instead do something rather ingenious... to install a couple of Joycon rails (and Joycons) right into the Deck console, or rather, the stripped down tablet/motherboard of it without the controller sections.

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The video showcases the Deck's tablet alone with the side rails installed, and then followed by the user promptly attaching the Joycons to the side of the Deck's table to start playing a variety of games with them, from using the Joycons to play Cyberpunk 2077, to Link's Awakening playing through emulation on the device.

The post itself is available on Reddit, under /r/Steam Deck. However, it seems the moderators of the subreddit might have mistaken the device for a Switch console of sorts, since they removed the post of the user. Hopefully the post itself can be reinstated once the mods realize their mistake.

 

[Kioku]

I’m all for experimenting and what not, but this is a cardinal sin.

 

[Marc_LFD]

The Joy-Cons are such crappy controllers, but if he likes it, good for him.

 

[eyeliner]

The Joy-Cons are such crappy controllers, but if he likes it, good for him.

This is one of those cases where basically any third party device is better than the originals.

 

[Asia81]

No idea why everyone trashtalk joycons (apart from the drift, then yeah), I love playing with my pro-controller but I also play a lot with my joycon and find them comfortable to use

 

[Deleted member 194275]

A least now the Y button is on the right place.

 

[James_]

Finally, the Switch Pro

(laugh now)

 

[YuseiFD]

And today in absolutely time wasting and useless inventions we have....

 

[Kioku]

No idea why everyone trashtalk joycons (apart from the drift, then yeah), I love playing with my pro-controller but I also play a lot with my joycon and find them comfortable to use

They’re petty niche. I like using em sometimes, but I can’t for extended periods as my hands cramp up. If you like em, more power to you. This Frankenstein contraption though? Just why?

 

[gnmmarechal]

I mean... Nice mod I suppose? Although I doubt I'd want to replace the Steam Deck's original controls with... joycons of all things.

 

[K3Nv2]

Man I felt like I just talked about the SteamDeck

 

[Ericzander]

Thanks, I hate it.

"I am having issues with the Steam Deck's controller. Therefore, I'll replace it with joycons which never have issues."

 

[yuyuyup]

Is this really more viable than replacing the analog? Is it that bad for Steam Deck parts?

 

[GoldenBullet]

Fun project, I would get one of those third party joycons that are a full size controller and it would just be a switch pro

 

[Marc_LFD]

I mean... Nice mod I suppose? Although I doubt I'd want to replace the Steam Deck's original controls with... joycons of all things.

SteamDeck has analog triggers and he replaced with digital triggers? Wtf.

 

[Bladexdsl]

why in the fuck would you do that. why would you want to give yout steam deck drift?!! that's completely opposite of what you want the steam deck to be

 

[peteruk]

Two dozen N Ninjas incoming to that engineer's house

 

[raxadian]

He should have added clones, the joycons break a whole lot.

 

[KingVamp]

Now I want this for the next Steam Deck. Easier to replace broken controls or simply change to a different control set up altogether.

 

[Burorī]

Imagine being this engineer, you're super happy with how your project turned out only for grown-ass manchildren to talk shit on a thread