The Steam Controller Has the Funniest Easter Egg if You Ever Drop It

Gizmodo doesn’t make a behavior of convincing our readers to drop their $100 gadgets from any peak, however should you have been to drop your new Steam Controller, not less than you’d get a chuckle out of the noise it makes.

The cheeky engineers at Valve have imbued their Steam Controller with the power to often utter the traditional film “Wilhelm scream” if you drop it. This received’t occur 100% of the time, and it’ll solely happen should you’re working your PC in Steam Big Picture Mode. But sure, it’s actual. Just comply with our lead.

You’ve actually heard the Wilhelm scream should you ever watched the unique Star Wars motion pictures. The infamous yelp originates within the 1951 Florida Western movie Distant Drums. The sound impact was recorded for a scene the place one of many characters, Private Jessup, is bitten by an alligator. Lucasfilm sound designer Ben Burtt caught it into lots of the studio’s traditional movies, like Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. It’s since turn into a staple sound impact in motion pictures and past.

The Steam Controller has a built-in speaker that performs a chime once you flip it on or off. Evidently, Valve can add any sounds they need. Sony’s DualSense controller for PS5 additionally has a built-in speaker that performs particular sound results in some video games. The audio system in each Valve’s and Sony’s controllers aren’t all that clear, although it’s seemingly solely a matter of time earlier than modders add their very own customized sounds to the Steam Controller.

We’ll discover out for ourselves if there are another easter eggs in retailer for the upcoming Steam Machine console and Steam Frame VR headset. Based on Valve’s reported shipments of a “console” to the U.S., these gadgets could also be upon us quickly sufficient.

Just don’t begin believing each Easter egg you see on the web. Another video making the rounds on X proposes that should you sensually rub the Steam Controller’s trackpads, you’ll hear a tender moan. I’ve rubbed my controller a lot, and I’ve but to listen to it utter any whine or whimper. What you do together with your controller in your individual dwelling, in fact, is your prerogative.