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Roccat Sova: Exclusive Photos, Drawings and Renders

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  • Roccat
  • SteamOS
  • Keyboards
  • Peripherals
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August 3, 2014 11:57:40 PM

Who wouldn’t like to sit on the couch comfortably playing a game with a keyboard and mouse? This is what ROCCAT asked, after which they set out to provide an all-in-one solution that didn’t result in any bent limbs.

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August 4, 2014 12:24:47 AM

14% of the population find your design offensive. Left-handed 4life ^_^
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August 4, 2014 12:45:46 AM

14% of the population find your design offensive. Left-handed 4life ^_^
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August 4, 2014 12:47:01 AM

And refresh reposts my comment. Sorry Community.
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August 4, 2014 2:09:22 AM

This is dumb. If you want to game on the couch, use a controller. That way you can change your sitting positions as you please. But with this junk on your lap you have to sit upright all the time, which is not different than using table and chair.
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August 4, 2014 2:28:38 AM

Im still just waiting for the Tyon....
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August 4, 2014 3:38:27 AM

Kensingtron, Most people growing up in the 90's were forced to use pc's right handed. To this day a mouse is the only bane to my left handed existence :'( 
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August 4, 2014 4:23:16 AM

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This is dumb. If you want to game on the couch, use a controller. That way you can change your sitting positions as you please. But with this junk on your lap you have to sit upright all the time, which is not different than using table and chair.


No it's not dumb. Mouse is easily the most accurate controller there is - and many pc games require more buttons than what controllers have. I've been using a setup like this over 15 years...
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August 4, 2014 4:37:05 AM

I've been trying to put my PC in the living room for years but the control setup is just too frustrating.
The 360 controller is just about the best setup but the Windows UI doesn't work with it by default and as you enter / exit games, not all of them hand control properly back and forth between programs (from game to XBMC or Steam). Let's not even talk about games with splash screens that you need a mouse to get past.

If you figure out the controls (like with a PITA configured Pinnacle Game Profiler or similar), there is still a small matter of PC UI on most games, which is just way too small for living room use. The majority of PC games are still designed with a default assumption that you have a monitor in your face.

Maybe with Steam Machines this will change but at this point consoles are still the best choice for the living room, I'm sad to say.
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August 4, 2014 6:27:10 AM

I wonder how much they'll charge.

I used to try gaming on my tv, since it's larger, but my 1600p monitor wins.
Otherwise, it was all solved with a 20$ tv tray.
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August 4, 2014 7:13:15 AM

Who ever designed the USB port area, clearly has never used actual USB devices with a computer before.
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August 4, 2014 7:28:14 AM

I have a Panasonic 4k tv with displayport 1.2 (4k@60Hz).

I am played my PC games in my living room on my coach, but we definitely something more convenient than this.
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August 4, 2014 7:47:26 AM

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This is dumb. If you want to game on the couch, use a controller. That way you can change your sitting positions as you please. But with this junk on your lap you have to sit upright all the time, which is not different than using table and chair.


No it's not dumb. Mouse is easily the most accurate controller there is - and many pc games require more buttons than what controllers have. I've been using a setup like this over 15 years...


Not to mention that most games on PC lack the auto-aim of console games because of how quick a mouse is. Play Borderlands 2 on a console and on a PC with a controller, that auto-aim makes a world of difference.
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August 4, 2014 9:01:08 AM

A trackball mouse would avoid needing a huge pad space. :-) I wish there were gaming mice with the extra buttons and the trackball like the Logitech M570 (thumb trackball); it's all I've used for years and is great for gaming without having to jump your hand around.
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August 4, 2014 10:52:49 AM

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This is dumb. If you want to game on the couch, use a controller. That way you can change your sitting positions as you please. But with this junk on your lap you have to sit upright all the time, which is not different than using table and chair.


This would be perfect for the PC I plan on building for my wife to use on the bigscreen. She could play the Sims 4 when it comes out comfortably. I think #1 is brilliant.
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August 4, 2014 12:06:46 PM

The first design is BY FAR the most pleasant one. The third one is just plain ugly.
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August 4, 2014 1:01:54 PM

I have been using a laptop stand I bought from Home Depot or somewhere like that for a while now. *cries* for all the left handed "mutants" out there :-P
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August 4, 2014 8:04:45 PM

So.... a dinner tray with a keyboard and mouse attached? ;)  Why not completely deconstruct the keyboard, and attach something similar to one of those Razer keypads instead... (which have 15 buttons or so)

But the thing I keep going back to when I sit on my couch thinking about this problem, is that I need something attached to my couch... Some heavy duty swivel similar to air plane trays (the ones that pull out from beside you). So instead of a dinner tray, you've got a foldable table surface for your couch. Though that's always going to be a custom build job rather than a marketable product :( 
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August 4, 2014 8:12:32 PM

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This is dumb. If you want to game on the couch, use a controller. That way you can change your sitting positions as you please. But with this junk on your lap you have to sit upright all the time, which is not different than using table and chair.


No it's not dumb. Mouse is easily the most accurate controller there is - and many pc games require more buttons than what controllers have. I've been using a setup like this over 15 years...


I'm aware of the advantage of mouse and keyboard over the controller. But you are obviously missing the point here. This product boasts "comfort form sitting on the couch" (as you can see from the first picture - the blue couch), but it can't deliver that, because you still have to sit in the same posture as in table & chair setup. I didn't say that controller is superior to mouse & keyboard in terms of precision (I'm a PC gamer who uses mechanical keyboard and gaming-grade laser mouse, so I know this very well). All I'm saying is that if you aim for comfort, which is the key message here, controller is a better choice.
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August 4, 2014 8:15:12 PM

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14% of the population find your design offensive. Left-handed 4life ^_^

Not just left-handers. I'm right handed, but I switched to left-handed mouse control 12 years ago due to severe RSI.
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August 4, 2014 11:28:54 PM

I know a few couch gamers. after all the 60 inch HD screen is in the living room with the home theatre system their PC is attached to. its likely this niche Roccat is targeting. traditional KB and mouse types can be a nightmare for these type of people.
'I myself have used a bug screen HD and proper set up home theatre to game.....IT ROCKS (if you got the money)
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August 5, 2014 2:06:58 AM

Fak the couch I use a bean bag, have a keyboard on my lap and then I have a Japanese mini table I use my mouse on that sits about 8 or 9 inches from the ground, perfect since its the same as my keyboard sitting on my lap. My mouse is like a foot away from my lap, very comfortable while sitting on the bean bag with legs full extended... Plus I got my beer on the mini table too... ;-)
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August 5, 2014 4:38:53 PM

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This is dumb. If you want to game on the couch, use a controller. That way you can change your sitting positions as you please. But with this junk on your lap you have to sit upright all the time, which is not different than using table and chair.


No it's not dumb. Mouse is easily the most accurate controller there is - and many pc games require more buttons than what controllers have. I've been using a setup like this over 15 years...


I'm aware of the advantage of mouse and keyboard over the controller. But you are obviously missing the point here. This product boasts "comfort form sitting on the couch" (as you can see from the first picture - the blue couch), but it can't deliver that, because you still have to sit in the same posture as in table & chair setup. I didn't say that controller is superior to mouse & keyboard in terms of precision (I'm a PC gamer who uses mechanical keyboard and gaming-grade laser mouse, so I know this very well). All I'm saying is that if you aim for comfort, which is the key message here, controller is a better choice.

just because youre sitting on a couch does not mean you havr to be slouched across the whole thing. There are plenty of comfortable positions to sit in with such a device. As for the implications, the steam box paired with this would make a great. Combination for many avid gamers and im sure it would gdt great reception by people who dont follow gaming stereotypes.
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August 5, 2014 4:44:05 PM

I own the couch from 2011 with my desktop and from 2007 with my laptop and for sure not playing on a shitty latency TV full of TV antialiasing, HDMI colors and artifacts!
3 nodes VESA arm, 24" gamer monitor (low latency TN of course), Ikea cuscion for laptop, G19 and SteelSeries QCK+ for my G9x.

I play Counter-strike, other FPS, beat em up, scrolling shooters, indie games, competitive online, coop offline and online, MMORPGs, adventures, TPS, RTS, I have often 4 players split screen games, I have many 360 controllers. There is no ONE way to play a game but there is ONE PROPER way to play a game and since I play more different games I have more different ways to play them. It doesn't count if you are seated or not, if you are bent on the table. An hardcore beat em up gamer could tell you you are an idiot if you don't stand up and use a 8 way arcade stick and you will eat that shit.

You just don't have enough imagination and gaming prowess maybe. Or you just can't understand.

Anyway, this Roccat is ugly and meaningless, doesn't feature a full keyboard. You just need a soft cuscion for the legs with a hard board to place the keyboard and mouse. I play CS on a soft cuscion with the SteelSeries QCK+ on it and its not flat (finger grip high senser gamer).

Still you can have both couch and good gaming platform with a 2007 IKEA cuscion

http://larsw.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/ikea-brada.jpg
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August 5, 2014 4:55:19 PM

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This is dumb. If you want to game on the couch, use a controller. That way you can change your sitting positions as you please. But with this junk on your lap you have to sit upright all the time, which is not different than using table and chair.


No it's not dumb. Mouse is easily the most accurate controller there is - and many pc games require more buttons than what controllers have. I've been using a setup like this over 15 years...


I'm aware of the advantage of mouse and keyboard over the controller. But you are obviously missing the point here. This product boasts "comfort form sitting on the couch" (as you can see from the first picture - the blue couch), but it can't deliver that, because you still have to sit in the same posture as in table & chair setup. I didn't say that controller is superior to mouse & keyboard in terms of precision (I'm a PC gamer who uses mechanical keyboard and gaming-grade laser mouse, so I know this very well). All I'm saying is that if you aim for comfort, which is the key message here, controller is a better choice.

It's a better choice depending on the game you play. I play on the couch since 2007 with my laptop, and from 2011 with my desktop. The screen comes off the column with a 3 nodes arm to my face, the couch is for 2, but 3 adults fits comfortably. I have people over playing together up to 4 with splitscreen. I play all kinds of games and for each of them I chose the keyb+mouse combo or the 360 controller. Whatever fits the best. If you are concerned about competitive players, well, I was double AK in CS befor moving to Insurgency and my mouse doesn't sit on a flat surface, it's on a big cuscion with a SteelSeries QCK+ on it :D 
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August 5, 2014 6:08:51 PM

As long as this isn't too expensive, I'll keep a eye on it
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August 5, 2014 7:17:16 PM

Looks promising. I may have to pair this with steam in-home sharing.
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August 6, 2014 9:32:09 AM

Materials required:

1. Laminated particle board shelving of desired dimensions (e.g. 3' by 18")

2. Small form factor wireless keyboard

3. Wireless mouse

4. Adhesive Velcro pads

You could build this yourself with very little effort and for less money than Roccat would probably charge.
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August 6, 2014 9:46:20 AM

@greevar

I would replace the mouse with a trackball so when I move it won't be dingle-dangling all over the place.
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August 8, 2014 11:37:44 PM

They must have it in for low sense users. Needs more space.
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August 9, 2014 11:29:32 AM

Can't wait to see the final design. Really looking forward to this!
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August 10, 2014 7:11:26 PM

Maybe roccat should make an xbox 360 like controller where you can snap in track-ball modules in place of the thumbsticks.
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August 22, 2014 9:59:35 PM

It looks like a good idea for computing from a chair or couch. I just wonder what happens if you're a fat person and you let your knees spread apart. I don't want to have to hold my knees close together the whole time. I have a little bed-table thing with folding legs that I can probably use just as effectively, especially if I Velcro my favorite wireless keyboard down to it.
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