Kind of shocked, tbh. Their last controllers were pretty awful. I have two. I used them maybe 3 times before settling on PS/XBox controllers. And I’m not even a console gamer. I just bought a few PS and Xbox controllers cuz the Steam controller felt cheap and awkward.
Sure the first steam controller wasn’t great, but it was unique and provided controller access to games that just didn’t work with them. I hated mine for controller games, but was nice to sit back and relax on something slower that required mouse input (think a management game).
Then they followed up with the steam deck, which is ridiculously good.
The lessons learnt from the original and the fact that this provides a fantastic experience for standard controller and non controller games makes this an easy recommendation.
It is the best overall controller for me, 2nd in comfort to hold(the PS5 controller sits slightly better in my hands), but 1st in comfort to use(I like the high places sticks) couple that with the rest of the features and if you want a really good controller and have uses for the touch pads it is worth every penny.
If you are never going to use the touchpads or even attempt to use them, then get something more traditional like an 8-bit do ultimate or something.
And not to say it is perfect, but I think there are only 2 minor things I would like in a revision. Slightly more textured grips/back, and trigger stops(although I don’t think I will ever use them personally I know people would like them).
Kind of shocked, tbh. Their last controllers were pretty awful. I have two. I used them maybe 3 times before settling on PS/XBox controllers. And I’m not even a console gamer. I just bought a few PS and Xbox controllers cuz the Steam controller felt cheap and awkward.
I am not shocked to be honest.
Sure the first steam controller wasn’t great, but it was unique and provided controller access to games that just didn’t work with them. I hated mine for controller games, but was nice to sit back and relax on something slower that required mouse input (think a management game).
Then they followed up with the steam deck, which is ridiculously good.
The lessons learnt from the original and the fact that this provides a fantastic experience for standard controller and non controller games makes this an easy recommendation.
It is the best overall controller for me, 2nd in comfort to hold(the PS5 controller sits slightly better in my hands), but 1st in comfort to use(I like the high places sticks) couple that with the rest of the features and if you want a really good controller and have uses for the touch pads it is worth every penny.
If you are never going to use the touchpads or even attempt to use them, then get something more traditional like an 8-bit do ultimate or something.
And not to say it is perfect, but I think there are only 2 minor things I would like in a revision. Slightly more textured grips/back, and trigger stops(although I don’t think I will ever use them personally I know people would like them).
Agreed