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      5 months ago

      It does! Verge reports that battery pops out like old cellphone batteries

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        5 months ago

        Nice!

        Edit: do you have to disassemble the controller (with a screwdriver or something) or is it accessible with just my hands? I swap (rechargeable) AAs on my XBox360 controller quite a bit, and part of why I like it is that I can do it quickly if the battery dies while playing.

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          5 months ago

          Looks like you’ll have to remove the entire bottom shell. From GN’s video:

          A disassembled Steam Controller with its bottom shell removed and its insides visible.

          The shell doesn’t seem to have a separately removable battery cover, although I don’t see a reason why someone wouldn’t be able to just cut a hole or 3D-print an accessible shell. Dbrand comes to mind. Or that’s just a show piece and the retail product might have a battery cover.

          It also looks like the screw posts don’t have threaded metal inserts, which is concerning.