Games

I'm sure it sounds stupid but I've been playing less and less switch games because of this. If a game is on both switch & pc (mh rise, indies), in the past I'd usually go with switch because of the portability, but now with a steam deck or ROG ally I go with pc because portability + back paddles. The switch has those hori joycon with back paddles but unless they've changed something since they first came out, those back paddles could only be programmed to buttons that are on their respective halves of the joycon (left joycon back paddle cannot be mapped to right joycon face buttons) which is useless to me.

But yeah now whenever I use a gamepad without back paddles it feels restrictive, like I'm missing fingers or a limb.

Unfortunately, patent trolling means they won't become mainstream. Companies have to pay to add paddles, so they won't unless it's part of a more expensive controller offering.

Completely agree. It’s almost become default for me to remap the bumpers to the top back on my Steam Deck.