Comment on Valve’s Steam Controller stock shortage will last until next year after fans massively exceeded expectations

Coelacanth@feddit.nu ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• tal@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I mean, they aren’t going to stop making them if there are people buying them. I’m sure that, at some point, there will be enough manufactured to catch up with demand.

  2026 has been a pretty exasperating year to try to get ahold of a lot of pieces of hardware, I have to say.

  I’m wondering if — assuming Valve still is trying to release the Steam Machine this year, which according to the last news I’ve seen, they’re still saying that they’re going to do — this is gonna dick up their Steam Machine sales. I mean, the Steam Controller is a nice-to-have on a regular PC, but for people with a Steam Machine in the living room, they probably are going to want it even more — like, there it’s a lot more important to have the touchpads to replace a mouse, remote power-on capability, etc.

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  • IronKrill@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I have been assuming they had stock set aside for some kind of Machine + Controller bundle.

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    • mursejoy@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That is what I’ve been holding out for, but what the heck is that bundle going to cost? Seems like the price will be not worth it if you already have PC and consoles.

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      • IronKrill@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Probably quite a lot lol. But was the Steam Machine going to make senss for pre-existing PC owners at the OG price either? Ever since their announcement I’ve been convinced that it’s targeted towards newbies getting into the scene as a good enough “just buy this one” kinda deal. Or maybe as a TV box for people with a good desktop already.

        I was assuming $1000 CAD originally for the Machine, I’m gonna throw out a guess for funsies here of $1600 CAD now. So a bundle might be 1700. Total conjecture but I want it in writing if I’m accurate lol.

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    • tal@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I have been assuming they had stock set aside for some kind of Machine + Controller bundle.

      Could be — I haven’t seen news along those lines and the Steam Machine description on their website doesn’t presently say anything about coming with a Steam Controller — but I suppose that it’s not unreasonable. But it’s also worth remembering that they’re probably aiming for the console market with the Steam Machine, and a lot of people use consoles for local multiplayer games and are probably going to want more than one controller for that.

      Now, local multiplayer is less common among PC games than console games. But, especially with console ports, it’s definitely out there.

      store.steampowered.com/search?tags=7368&supported…

      That says that there are 7,933 games currently on the Steam store that support local multiplayer.

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• taj@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I just reserved one. It will likely become a Xmas or birthday present.

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  • Prove_your_argument@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    $300 on ebay for completed listings like crazy. Why is anyone keeping these things vs taking $300 or even $200?

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• andrew0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I was thinking about getting one, but then I read more about it and realised you can’t use it without the Steam client. Kind of put me off since I have a large part of my library on GOG. Maybe this won’t be a problem in the future though.

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  • Coelacanth@feddit.nu ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Can’t you add non-Steam games to Steam?

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    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yep! You absolutely can.

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    • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Not all work properly.

      Pretty much any game with a launcher or a splash screen won’t work right.

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      • charles@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        That’s not entirely accurate at all. I’ve yet to have a single title not work even if launched outside of steam (but added as a game within steam).

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      • doublah@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Luckily, GOG games don’t have those extra DRM launchers

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  • GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    There have been a number of posts on Lemmy about how to get it to work with non-Steam games, particularly if you also have Steam installed. This may be easier on Linux than on Windows.

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  • rdri@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah why people just assume something like this will never happen? There will surely be more.

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  • artyom@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It does feel like a slap in the face that they didn’t give it general Linux compatibility…

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• dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I want one but I will just buy other controllers still until valve does what’s necessary

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