I still hold firm that the first steam controller is GOATed and it only failed because the world wasn’t ready for it yet.
Valve Uploads Steam Controller Unboxing Video, Launch Imminent
Submitted 2 weeks ago by cybercafe@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
https://www.techpowerup.com/348382/valve-uploads-steam-controller-unboxing-video-launch-imminent
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chisel@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Chais@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
It also failed because they had to stop producing it due to some patent troll.
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
This. Fuck SCUF and their owners Corsair
cybercafe@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I still have mine and I agree. Though I do like the changes on this new one to more mirror the steamdeck.
Goodeye8@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
I felt like replacing one of the two sticks with a trackpad just ended up being the worst of both worlds. You don’t get the accuracy of using a mouse and you don’t get any of the design benefits of having twin sticks. The vast majority of controller supported games are designed with twin sticks in mind. Crimson Desert is a great example from recent memory because I can’t imagine doing circular motions on the right trackpad, which is what you need to do for one skill and the fishing minigame. My thumbs are too lazy for that. But with a stick that’s easy enough to do. Overall fighting games are harder, flying games are harder, twin-stick shooters are almost impossible. Any game that requires some stick-like movements from the right stick instantly get harder to play.
I’m not hating on the Steam Controller, there were quite a lot of innovations I would’ve loved with twin stick controller. The return of the twin sticks is the main reason I’m excited for the controller. I’m also happy with the Dpad coming back because I always felt that was also somewhat clunky on the first controller. Overall I think this one might end up being GOATed.
dreamkeeper@literature.cafe 2 weeks ago
Yeah I don’t get why people praise the trackpads on it so much. Trackpads are such ass and always have been. Some people will just praise valve no matter what they do.
Deconceptualist@leminal.space 2 weeks ago
Mostly yes, but it wasn’t flawless. Those trackpads are quite loud (compared to the Deck), the ABXY buttons are a bit too small and awkwardly placed, and there are just many times that I want a second thumbstick. Also it lacks touch-to-engage for the gyro but that’s a newer invention.
I think the most impressive innovation came from pairing it with Steam Input. That system is still wildly underappreciated; it’s what lets you turn the trackpads into things like custom radial menus.
Calfpupa@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
There was touch-to-engage with the gyros tied to the touchpads, I still use it today. Unless I’m not understanding what that means.
dreamkeeper@literature.cafe 2 weeks ago
I despise trackpads so I never bought a steam controller. But steam input is money. It made some of my old PC favorites like Thief playable with a controller.
KiwiTB@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I use mine every day. Also, it never failed.
isyasad@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
What do you use it for? The only game I found that worked really well was Metroid Prime (after a ton of tweaking)
djdarren@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
How do you use yours? I have a couple, and have never managed to figure out how to get them to pair properly to either my Mac or my Linux machine. I mean, they pair, but then I can’t really seem to use them for much.
ripcord@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I agree, although I believe it was:
60% society not ready for the awesome
40% people with small hands
jacksilver@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
100% reason to remember the name.
But also:
- Only one thumbstick
- Terrible Dpad
dreamkeeper@literature.cafe 2 weeks ago
Lmao. More like 60% of people know that replacing sticks with trackpads was an awful idea. Valve tried too hard and failed, and they know they failed by the looks of it
thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
I have it. The original Steam Controller is not really a good controller in my opinion. It has huge flaws, such as holding it for longer period of time starts hurting my hands, the missing dpad and missing second stick, and the weird sound it makes when using the touchpads.
TrousersMcPants@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The thing that killed it for me is that the touch pads were just terrible as replacements for the dpad and right analog stick
ripcord@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
no
Nibodhika@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I love my steam controller, but to me it wasn’t a good replacement for controller games. Don’t get me wrong, it’s great and the ONLY alternative to play non-controller games (and I put FPS games in this category), but trying to play most games that waere actually designed for a controller always felt off. The lack of a proper d-pad made it worse for pixel perfect games like Dead Cells, and while the track pad is great for aiming by emulating a mouse and adding gyro, most games also use the thumb stick for mini-games or something that feels weird with the track pad. And yes, I know I could setup layers to solve that, but it’s just easier to grab another controller.
On the other hand, since I held my Steam Deck I’ve been wanting a controller that was the exact same thing. It works 100% like a normal controller, plus has 2 trackpads and 4 back buttons. They fixed every single issue I had with the OG controller, kept everything I loved about it, and even added some things I didn’t knew I needed (extra back buttons, capacitive gyro, etc).
LiveLM@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Fully and entirely correct.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
When GabeCube?
Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
When steam frame?
Damage@feddit.it 2 weeks ago
GabeGoggle
InvalidName2@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I’ve been waiting for this controller for a while. Hoping it’s even remotely close to my expectations.
I’m so ready to turn the page on the crappy PS4 Pro controller I bought a few years back that developed charging and battery issues and become unreliable. Regardless of what Lemmy trolls want me to believe, I feel like a 2.5 year life span for a premium Sony controller was a rip-off.
I like the fact that the analog sticks are symmetrical in placement (compared to XBOX). So really, I’m just hoping that the batteries and connectors in these are more reliable than the poor quality crap that Sony puts out.
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Regardless of what Lemmy trolls want me to believe, I feel like a 2.5 year life span for a premium Sony controller was a rip-off.
No, you’re right. That’s a fucking ripoff
ripcord@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m hoping for something under $70 even though I know there’s no chance.
Dangerhart@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Not that tbjs necessarily helps you but the battery in switch pro contolers was really easy to replace, spent like 5$ getting new ones from Ali express. Maybe try looking it up?
Nibodhika@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
2.5 years life spam for a controller is a rip-off, that being said I have PlayStation 4 controllers that are waaaay older than that and still work (battery is not great, anymore, but I’m sure I could find a replacement). I don’t know what people do with their controllers, mine last for years and years, the only controller I have that actually developed an issue is one that I lent to a friend for a month.
DisgruntledGorillaGang@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
You can. Changing the battery is pretty easy.
PhAzE@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Steam Frame… when?
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
My wallet fears the answer to this question.
tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Me too, but I’m pretty sure I’ll be getting one.
I haven’t had a VR headset since the original Oculus Rift. I’m still salty about them selling to Meta, and after I moved to Linux it turned into a paperweight anyway.
Since that point, no new headset had checked all the boxes for features, Linux support,and a vendor I could actually tolerate engaging with.
The Steam Frame is doubtless going to seem very expensive in comparison, but I see that as the price I have to pay to avoid an account on a platform I don’t want and all the associated data harvesting.
I will pay that price.
Linktank@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
I type these exact words into google about twice a week.
echodot@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
The original release date was sometime around Q1 2026, obviously trump’s tariffs (illegal tax) and then AI consuming all of the RAM has messed with the timeline.
Oh and then international shipping will be more expensive due to increased fuel prices because of the Iran war.
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I do want this controller, even if ram shortages make the actual gabecube expensive.
iamthetot@piefed.ca 2 weeks ago
Please be reasonably priced
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It will absolutely be over $100 USD. No chance its less, which is a shame. $60 USD would’ve killed, honestly.
thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
How do you come to this conclusion? The controller doesn’t have a GPU or lots of memory and expensive space. So from that angle of view, the controller can be priced normally as it would be years ago. The first Steam Controller was priced at 50 Euros at launch, if I remember right. The controller will absolutely be not 100 Dollars or more expensive. 60 Dollars is very likely, if we are lucky even less. If they we have bad luck, then it will be 70.
Can you tell me why there is “no chance its less”?
QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m more than willing to pay that price. This controller will kick ass. I won’t want another ever again.
iamthetot@piefed.ca 2 weeks ago
Yeah I’m concerned about that.
the_armchair_potato@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
And of course, no link to the unboxing video…fuck these articles!!!
8dotpi@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
I might be missing some sarcasm, but if that’s not the case: the video is not available yet
MyVeryRealName@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Did you read the article?
the_armchair_potato@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Nope, literally opened it up to see the link for the video 😁
dustyData@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Because the video it not available. It’s a report on the upload of the video to the Steam store database. Probably prep work for the launch announcement day.
echodot@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
It’s probably unlisted on YouTube somewhere. I don’t know if there’s some sleuthing technique that can be used to find these videos although I suspect that if there was they wouldn’t have uploaded it yet.
Whirling_Cloudburst@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Digits trembling expectantly.
daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
I fear the price will put it out of my budget for controllers.
Usually I buy my controllers at around 30-50€
This, I fear would go well over double the higher end of that.
tfw_no_toiletpaper@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If you used multiple one, which did you prefer? Recently I bought a few other brands. The OG Xbox controller is my favourite but they’re always way too expensive for my taste, so I wanted to branch out a bit.
daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
I recently went on a hunt for a cheap good offbrand controller. I bought several from gamesir 8bitdo and easysmx, and ended up landing on the gamesir cyclone 2. It’s quite good, though not perfect, because the ergonomics are not 100% my style, but it was my best option overall. I think it was like 50€.
Before that I was using the 30€ range controllers from easysmx and for their price they were good but only lasted a couple of years because stick drift.
I tried 8bitdo because everyone talked so good of them, but I didn’t like the ergonomics, that’s 100% personal though, the controller itself was good.
I also read about the Vader 4 controllers, which has good reviews but never tried it.
Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Not OP, but I used Xbox controllers for a long time. I kept breaking them (I have gorilla grip problem), so I got an Xbox pro because I didn’t like how the ps3 or ps4 controllers were laid out. I broke the pro controller.
I’ve switched to a ps5 controller and aside from getting re-used to the button names, it’s been really nice. Super comfy and is holding up really well. I miss some things on my pro controller, but so far this is great.
In all of that,I did use the OG steam controller for a while too and I loved that one, but my hands were too small for some functions, so I couldn’t keep using it.
An 8bitdo controller is next on my list after the ps5 maybe breaks, as I’ve heard very good things.
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
What
46_and_2@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Ah, right after I ordered an 8bitDo Ultimate 2C because my OG Steam Controller is disintegrating. At least I hope the new SC doesn’t arrive at some ridiculous price in Europe, I’m willing to pay 50-60€ tops.
Nibodhika@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I don’t think it’s going to be 50-60, it has a lot more features and hardware than other controllers.
echodot@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
Isn’t that the price of a PS5 controller? Given that it’s got a lot of extra features I would expect it to probably be more expensive than that in less valve decide they want to take the hit and make it a lost leader.
Rooster326@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Why would Valve need to do that?
These will sell like hot cakes, like most things Valve sells.
SethW@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
hah maybe thats the price of a ps5 controller on black friday
rabber@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I read it will be 80 USD
uniquethrowagay@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
I’ll happily pay 100€ if I have to. It’ll only be one for that price, though
tfw_no_toiletpaper@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I bought the same one I think a few weeks ago. Also one from Gamesir to compare, but I like the 8bitDo better. The only annoying thing is start the working start and select keys are too high up and I cannot remap the lower two one to be select and start also.
Kenny2999@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
6 thumbs up.
kokoto@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I hope they improved the dpad compared to the one on the Steam Deck. The Deck’s dpad feels quite mushy, and the glossy texture doesn’t help. I’d love a high quality controller with dual trackpads.
tal@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
pcgamesn.com/…/steam-controller-shipment-leak
14 tons of Steam Controllers appear to have just arrived in the US, hinting at imminent release date
Snoopy@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 2 weeks ago
I really hope they will release the steam frame 😔
WhosMansIsThis@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Can I mod that dpad though? I’d like individual buttons for each direction please.
kamen@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Haven’t used a controller on a PC, but would be interested in trying this one if it’s not ridiculously expensive. I’m predicting a hundred-ish EUR, and if it’s around that, I’d give it a go.
eli@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Pretty sure I’m going to buy at least 2. But would want 3 or 4. I feel like it’s gonna be limited per customer and there’s not going to be enough…
Amaterasu@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Would like to see a clear purple version of this controller
homes@piefed.world 2 weeks ago
Maybe just keeping interest fresh amongst dynamic pricing changes
spip@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I look forward to buying this for $5 like I did the last one.
AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
There are things I like, and dislike, about the Steam Deck controls. The things I dislike are bad enough to kind of ruin the experience for me, and I’ll usually switch to an external controller to play on it.
It looks like Valve may have fixed those issues, but I still feel skeptical, about the dpad in particular.
Bananskal@nord.pub 2 weeks ago
I hate that the left stick and D pad have the PlayStation layout. Much more strenuous for the thumb.
flynnguy@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
I’m excited… I probably wasn’t going to get the steam cube even before the hike in prices for RAM but if this works with Linux and is reasonably priced, I’ll probably get it. Hope it comes out soon.
aesthelete@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
🤞
goodboyjojo@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
the controller looks good i hope it’s better than the other controllers you can get for a good price. also, i wish they would make more steam decks but i think valve said that they ain’t gonna make any more witch sucks because i wanted to buy one so i can play my steam games on the go
maniel@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
i liked my original steam controller, but it’s a pain in the ass to make it work outside of steam, now i bought a cheap gamesir gamepad and i’m playing comfortably in gamepass games and emulators
Stupendous@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Do it Valve. I want a Steam machine and one more controller for my living room. I already have a couple 8bitdo controllers. With that I’ll never need another console again for some fun local multiplayer
M137@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
I AM SO HYPED AND SO READY, Day one purchase.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
FYI, Tyler McVicker said that games media are traveling for this now, including HLX / Half-Life 3. I can confirm several of the outlets I follow have sent people “somewhere”, including the two guys from Giant Bomb who traveled for the last Valve hardware event. They would have seen everything yesterday, and if the embargo lifts sometime next week, it would give everyone time to edit their footage.
Hubi@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Probably the only thing out of their new hardware lineup that has any chance of releasing in the near future.
Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yeah. Damn shame, but if they released the steam machine or frame at the moment, the price would probably have to be at the point it would ensure the product didn’t have a chance to catch on. Pity, I kind of want a steam frame.
quips@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
I mean I guarantee the timing is no coincidence with the chinese ram market crashing
cheat700000007@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Only thing I want, so hell yeah
ripcord@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I want the vr headset but not for that price.
No I do not know what the price is.