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Skip it.
Gamesir G7 Pro 8K instead.
I'm looking for something with touchpad. Thats the distinction
Yea, that makes sense. For those who aren't though, the TMR sticks on the 8k and mechanical buttons are near perfect.
Yeah. I grew up on computer. I seem to struggle with sticks tbh 😂
Gamesir G7 Pro 8K
i mean my G3S is still going strong so i'm covered, but like they made a sturdy controller. I just have to reset it after marathon sessions as it will freeze after being on for like, practically all day.
Found mine ages ago in a CEX in London. It was on display and cought my eye while walking past it.
I went in and asked the staff for the Steam controller and they had no idea what I was talking about. Had to go outside with them to show it. They didn't know they had it :D
I still got this one in a drawer. I just wasn’t big on the primary touch pads with only one joystick.
I bought it shortly after launch, excited for it. Then the amount of configuration to use it, suuuuucked. I've tried to love it. I get it out every couple years to try again, and remind myself again that it sucks.
I also have one and I hate it.
I loved mine but the 2026 steam controller is superior In every way.
Oh my god, I just googled this. It looks like the price was decided by Lucille Bluth.
Hours much can our controller cost, Michael? $100?
Meanwhile, 8bitdo has amazing controllers for a quarter that price.
Very true I would have liked to be cheaper but I have two 8bitdo controllers already the ultimate 2 and the pro 3 but I was missing the touch pads and active thumbsticks when the steam deck was docked. Didn't really have a choice.
The new steam controller sold out within minutes, so it seems like they priced it too low if anything.
Whilst pricing everything at "what the market will bear" is valid; it is a shitty way to do business.
Valve has traditionally taken a longer view of things; if they sell a controller that you will love and use for years. Their reputation grows, especially if they are not gouging their customers for everything they can.
Valve will make more than enough by selling games via Steam; having an "optimized for Steam Controller" tag somewhere will keep those who already purchased happy; and drive more sales over the long run.
Yeah I plan to get one at some point. So over messing with Xbox controller drivers and other BS on Linux.
Except it didn't look like an owl. Original Steam controller 1, new Steam controller 86.
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I loved mine. I used it until it died. Took a bit to get used to it. But when it died on me it took even longer to get used to a regular controller again.
No real idea if yours is "a beaut", you haven't shown the controller, only a marketing image of another controller of the same kind.
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Ceci n’est pas une steam controller.
Printed on a cardboard box
Congratulations. I've had mine since the launched. Love it. Find what works for you. But i always put the left trackpad as my joystick, and the joystick as a dpad
Still got mine! Once I adapted to touchpad buttons, I loved how it could be customized. Crazy cool controller.
I love mine. I need to pickup a 4th.
I ended up with 4 of these as well as Steam links from their clearance sale forever ago. Only 1 has a broken bumper button from overuse but they are all still fine otherwise. Can’t wait to get my controller 2 availability email.
Nice username btw.
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I still have mine too, but I never played too much with it because I just can't do the 'play on the couch' thing or whatever. I was always a keyboard+mouse person. Playing on the steam deck does work for me somehow tho.
I also have a pair of underused Steam Controllers, and a Steam Link to go with them. Turns out I just don't care about gaming on my TV.
Yeah. Not sure what it is. It somehow feels more laggy, and for some games I struggle to read what's on the screen sometimes. Plus there's obviously other family members that want to use the TV most of the time. The steam deck really has been the only way I still do any gaming.
Makes sense. I’m a console gamer for much the same reason: I first started playing when my Dad let me play on his A2600. Must’ve been around 7 years old or so.
That said, I’ve certainly played k&m for a few years when I played WoW. There was a bit of a difference for me when I had to reach farther for an Fn key or the like, so in that sense controllers just have a slight edge over k&m.
Still use it with my physical steam link and my steam deck, mostly to setup game nights of jackbox.
Still have mine, love the concave touchpads.
I got one during the closeout, I think it was $15 with a copy of Hollow Knight. But once I got it I started figuring, if I spent the time to get used to it then when it someday broke I'd be SOL on a replacement. So I stuck it on a shelf where it sits to this day.
It's worth a lot more than $15 to other people, especially if it's an unused one.
I'm surprised Xbox never sued them for the button layout.
Not terrible to use the same letter but the colours being the same is pretty blatant copying.
Xbox does not have any unique rights to the ABXY button layout nor the green, red, blue, yellow of them, so anyone is free to do what they like with those buttons and Xbox has no right to sue them. This is unlike PlayStation, who have given themselves rights over the Cross, Circle, Square, Triangle buttons.
I don't know why, exactly. Nintendo used ABXY before Xbox did. My guess would be that Nintendo couldn't simply copyright letters, so Xbox was able to freely copy it.
Why would they? They'd be sued by Nintendo if they tried (they had those symbols and colours long before Xbox did)
I wanted to buy one when it came out and only 1 store had it in my country and it was like 100 bucks, prohibitively expensive in Ecuador
I hate this low effort repost bot
Wut LMAO this is OC lolol
I definitely thought you were just doing your anti-.ml re-sharing thing with this post, too, until I saw your replies to the comments, lol!
You're so obviously not a repost bot, though. & I really dig and appreciate the reasoning behind your sharing to a variety of other instances :) Some people just like to complain, haha
Lol thanks! Yea I actually pulled this account from that rotation, since I became an admin of this instance I just post OC and organically sourced content from it as my new main now lol
I’d love to see what this feels like in the hands someday.
It feels really good to hold, but using it in games is weird unless the game has inputs suited for it.
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