I know it got a lot of hate at the time, and much of it well deserved, but for many games I think the steam controller was one of the best.
I quite enjoyed mine for Rocket League back in the day, the remappable controls were quite nice.
Currently I use a SCUF DS4 for my Linux gaming and while I love the Controller in theory, the inability to remap the paddles to a custom button chord instead of just a button that’s already on the controller is frustrating.
Steam Controller 2 is on my must buy list.
I have a stack of new steam and stadia controllers in my studio. Both last for fucking ever. meanwhile xbox and playstation controllers fail after a couple of months.
To play devil’s advocate, why does Valve need to bother to make their own controller when there are a number of wired and wireless controllers available for PCs?
None have additional buttons on the back that can be mapped as new buttons, they’re all just rebinding existing buttons. Steam deck is pretty special in that regard. I would REALLY like to have those four extra buttons available for couch PC gaming.
Because PC controllers these days are nothing but different variants of the same Xbox and Playstation controllers. The Steam controller is different from the rest of them, at least.
Because the Steam Deck is my all-time favorite controller. A controller that’s just like it but without the bulkiness would only make it better
I’ve said it before, just… give me a Steam Deck without the screen, and I’ll buy it. I need that layout, it’s the perfect combination of features for me.
If I could be greedy, an extra set of back paddles and some extra “spare” buttons would be nice for flight/space sim games.
So you’d plug in a monitor or TV to play?
Either connect them to a docked Steam Deck by the TV, or my gaming PC, yeah. The Steam Deck is nice, but for an extended session it’s quite a hefty device. Being able to have the same controls while laid back on the couch or reclined in a chair would be more comfortable I think.
What would be the point of having the processor in the controller, then?
Hell or go one further and don’t even attach them together. It would be a great HOTAS like experience for space games.
Im actually holding off buying a new controller just in case they actually do something with the SC2 that was leaked, so… real x3
Same
Making just another controller with similar features to existing ones people are familiar will not fly. They need to make it as good as dualsense, ad some new feature that is easy to use, and make it cheap. Native gyro for pc is what i would like to see, and maybe pressure sensitive buttons.
Just like a steamdeck without the screen. The trackpads are irreplaceable
And which titles will support that?
I really dig what they did with the touchpads on the Steam Deck, and something like that, complete with the fully comprehensive mapping and input scheme system on the Steam Deck, would probably get me to buy one even though I am very happy with my XBox Elite 2 controller.
Steam Input means every title supports that. I’ve been using gyro with my Steam Controller on PC for years now.
I was really referring to pressure-sensitive buttons.
The gyro feature also just sounds awful to me. I ain’t sitting perfectly level and still for that shit.
Edit: well fuck me for clarifying, apparently
