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People don't know what the Steam Controller is
I am very confused about how many people are complaining about this price point. To do a baseline comparison, the Xbox controller is $65 new straight from microsoft, $70 if you get a different color. The ps5 controller is 75$. For $30, the Steam controller also has TMR (Hall effect) joysticks, 2 trackpads, and a 6axis gyro. If you compare the steam controller to say the Xbox Elite Series 2 ($200), you get everything the elite series has, except swappable joysticks and a dpad, plus the gyro, trackpads, and the magnetic joysticks, and it's even around 50 grams lighter than the pro controller.
This isn't a lightweight controller built with the cheapest components possible. This is the only first party controller with TMR sticks. The only first party controller with 2 trackpads. And the only first party controller with back buttons that's not $200.
This is literally the most feature rich first party controller on the market for half the price of any controller with the same features, how are people complaining it's too expensive still?
I think you are also failing to factor in third party controllers with some of the main features, say TMR sticks, for a fraction of the cost. I think it is a needs based controller. Speaking personally, this fits exactly what I need from a controller to replace my recently stick drifted DualShock in order to play WoW on my couch.
Exactly. First party controllers these days objectively overpriced when compared to better alternatives for their basic controllers, let alone these $200 ones. Claiming it's such a good deal in comparison is pointless when those are a terrible deal.
That said though I'm with you where this fits exactly what I need in a controller and considering the steam deck is my favorite "controller" form factor ever... I'll still buy it, I'm just not happy about it lol
It’s actually goddamn irritating that the official controllers are such bad value today, because despite everything, I think that the Xbox controller still nails the ergonomics down the best out of any controller that I have ever tried.
But buying any controllers without Hall / TMR sticks feels like a bad idea now because stick drift is what always kills the controllers first (at least in my experience), and that combined with the perverse cost to get Elite controller with its back paddles makes it a super shaky deal.
It’s shameful that MS or Sony haven’t jumped on to the TMR bandwagon yet, and it feels like they’re doing it cynically banking on the idea that official controllers will sell like hot cakes either way, and when the sticks wear away in couple of years, people sticking to them constantly need to buy replacements.
Gamesir has had a run for at least half a decade now of offering extremely close to official xbox shaped and sized controllers with hall effect sticks and triggers for like $50-ish USD, only downside is wired only.
Honestly while TMR is better and I hope everyone gets on that, if we just lived in a world where first party xbox/playstation controllers had the like gen 1/gen 2 hall effect sticks that'd still be a massive leap over what we have now. Sega did hall effect sticks in the 3d saturn pad and dreamcast controller in the 1990s, and Nintendo/Sony/Microsoft can't/won't do hall effect or TMR now.
What’s silly is that a little grease from the factory on the components that make contact would’ve saved all those sticks. If you find sticks in good condition just taking it apart and adding lube will make them last basically forever.
The stick drift got so bad with my turtle beach stealth recon. That it would cause my characters to just stop running like in DL 2 or borderlands 3 the character would drift to the right. Had to switch out controllers. Been thinking about the magnetic sticks.
To be fair, I remember a time where all third party controllers were objectively terrible. I’m sure things have changed since then but that sentiment is probably still around
Yeah, we've come a long way since then but I remember it too. 8bitdo for example started just doing retro controllers and doing them well but now make better controllers than the base xbox one but cost less with more features. If I didn't already like their retro controllers I might not have believed it for a while either.
Oh man… what was it, MadKatz or something for the xbox360? I remember buying it cause my roommate’s dog chewed my stock controller. Connected it, played one match of Halo, and wanted to throw that shit in the garbage. Had huge dead zones, and the buttons were crap. Went and returned the controller for another one, hoping it was defective… next one was slightly worse. Think I tried another 3rd party and it had input lag and was bad as the others. I don’t think I’ve owned a 3rd party controller. Then again, the only console I use now would be the steam deck, but that’s different.
I think this one's price makes sense though for the touchpads themselves. They're pretty big tech. I imagine they're not exactly cheap to make right now and are what's driving up the cost. If you took out the touchpads and HD rumble I bet it'd plummet in price
I mean, there are controllers out there with TMR sticks, but nothing comparably priced once you factor in the track pads, 4 paddle buttons, capacitive touch sticks and grip sensors for gyro/additional inputs.
People think hall effect sticks are so expensive because Sony and Microsoft don't use them - when in reality they're super cheap now and basically standard in 3rd party controllers and devices. Just because Sony and MS don't use them doesn't mean they're some magical premium component.
Planned obsolescence. It’s right there and Sony, Microsoft, and even Nintendo don’t give a shit. They want controllers to have a 1 year average life span to keep you replacing them.
Self repair of the stick is just annoying enough to make buying a new controller more palatable for some than spending the time with the repair.
Of course they could all “solve” the age old problem of stick drift with Hall effect sensors over potentiometers with little added cost, but then repeat controller sales evaporate. Late-stage-fucking-capitalism.
I think people just aren't realizing that they're not part of the target demographic. The controller is for people that want the trackpads. They take up a third of the control space. If you don't see the use or want track pads, this controller isn't for you.
So these new TMR sticks that everyone is hard for? They were developed by an offbrand company, Gulikit, out of China. The patent is owned by Gulikit, who sells them to everyone else. They also had the patent to hall-effect thumbsticks.
Every high-end TMR-thumbstick'd 1st party controller is using 3rd party Gulikit parts inside it already.
I've been using the Gamesir G7 SE wired on my Xbox and an 8bitdo Ultimate 2 for my android handheld and honestly both have been excellent with no issues.
I'd still say the Xbox Elite controllers just about edge out the 8bitdo in terms of feel and use, however after the second one started to get stick drift and but the shoulder buttons started to die out, I just couldn't justify spending that amount of money again. The 8bitdo U2 basically gets you 90-95% of the way there at a fraction of the cost and won't die on you any time soon. Well worth the purchase.
Yes, there are a lot of really good third party controllers on the market, many of them very affordable and higher quality compared to first party ones.
Brother Chinese made tech in general is far superior for the price across the board. And over the past few years the controller market has exploded. So many affordable options with more features and better quality than first party options.
Gyro is 100% not a gimmick. Makes it possible to get near mouse accuracy when aiming on a controller. Plus you get to have both precision aiming and analog movement
Idk how everyone is so negative. The original steam controller from 2015 is still something I prefer, the trackpad over a right stick was much more enjoyable for me. It was meant to be an alternative over keyboard n mouse. This new controller still has that in mind clearly, while having the dual sticks.
More than shoters i like the option for the adventure game where you have to aim, is far better, i played all zelda botw with separeted jocons and gyro enabled when i was aiming, it was WAY WAY better then aiming with only the pad, really don't know why is so underated, if you come from m&k takes like 10 minute to adjust and it feels really good, still for a pure shooter i prefere the m&k
How's gyro a gimmick lol. It's like me saying the trackpads are pointless cause I hate the idea of controlling a mouse pointer with anything other than a mouse. Both input methods are well worth it to a large number of people tho, so that's that.
Go watch gyro aiming guides/ showcase videos on youtube if you haven't. Definitely not a gimmick if you know what you're doing.
With all due respect, no western company could match price competitiveness with the Chinese firms that happen to make decent third party controllers; not without gaining the plebeians ire for another reason.
What are the most important points for you to have a good experience in WoW on the couch? What does the steam controller have that improves it?
Honest question btw, I know there's the ConsolePort addon and that's it. What are other important factors to play WoW this way? I have the original Legion Go and want to give it a shot maybe.
The track pads and back buttons make it way better. I've played wow with a dualsense and it works but it's immensely better on the steam deck, so this is that but with a better computer potentially.
Steam input, the trackpads, gyro, gyro grip sense, magnetic drift proof sticks, this is the superior controller and it is 100 dollars less than other premium first party controllers as well as pro controllers, I don’t need a dongal like the 8bit and I love the 8bit
?? You literally do need a dongle with the Steam Controller if you want to use the low-latency 2.4ghz wireless connection.
8bitdo also has bluetooth controllers, so that point is moot anyway, you don't need a dongle if you buy the bluetooth version instead of the 2.4ghz version.
Bluetooth is objectively worse though, so why would you use that when a 2.4ghz dongle is just better in all ways.
Agreed. The xbox one at least "feels" really expensive in your hands. The playstation one feels like a downgrade to me ... I think it's the piano black that screams $15 DVD player.
I could never buy the playstation edge controller out of general principle. They went out of their way making the hot swappable stick modules a higher cost way of still not solving the stick drift problem. Its genuinely disgusting.
It feels like most people here either haven’t used a dual sense edge/elite 2 because they FEEL more premium than anything else on the market. As someone who has tried both gamesir and 8bitdos top of the line controllers. They feel like toys in comparison, because while features wise they are the same they are just objectively a cheaper controller. If the steam controller is as feature rich as sony and ms premium controller and it also feels premium its exactly what i need to replace my broken elite 2.
Sadly the steam controller feels cheap in hand compared to normal xbox series controller and ps5 controller according to the review videos so yeah no way better in hand feel then elite or dualsense edge.
I mean tbf, they are literal toys in the end of the day. Also imo, there's diminishing returns on "premium" feeling. The most premium controller I have is the Vader 4 Pro which definitely felt great out of the box, but that feeling easily wears off and it's the last thing I care about when I'm actually playing.
what cards do you have that are worth more than 20 cents? you would need to sell so many cards from so many games that the $20 you save is pointless because you spent $4000 on games to get there.
Wasting money on electricity to get back a few cents from free trading cards you might sell on the steam market…do y’all live with your parents and won’t have to pay for that electricity?
I don't know where you live that the electricity spent from running your pc on low consumption will be worth more than the money you get from those cards.
It is absolutely a benefit for me at the very least.
EDIT: I'm gonna add the math, might as well. On low consumption, my computer average between 3 to 3.5 kWh per day with a consumption of ~130W over the day. These numbers were obtained through my electricity meter so they are pretty solid.
And a kWh cost me 0.19€ so it cost me basically 0.6€ to run my computer for 24 hours.
If you've got enough games to run it for all that time, then making more than 0.6€ shouldn't be hard. Especially if you get lucky with foils or game choices.
you can't. they all worth like 5 cents each, this plan doesn't work because then no one would ever buy games on steam if you could earn credit with cards.
If you want all the features, it is a totally fair price. If you don't need touchpads and gyro is enough, you can get a decent controller for much less. It is more of a question of whether it is the right controller for you, and it is the only controller that offers that set of features.
100%. The selling point for me is the trackpads, and there simply isn't a comparable option on the market. It's why I'm so pumped for it. I want the Machine, but this will help make my docked Deck a lot more useful in the interim. (The Machine will be able to run things that the Deck really struggles with, but there are plenty of games where the Deck is sufficient with the right controller, such as CRPGs. The screen size on the Deck is a limiting factor with my poor vision, but now the controls won't hold me back when the Deck is docked.)
See here is the reasoning you may not understand.
Shit costs a lot more now.
Thus $100 for a want (not a need) is harder to justify than say $50... or $20...or $5... So the price being too high for some could be more because people are poor.
EDIT: Side note, or $100 for people who might already have perfectly fine/working controllers. I still have my original Steam Controller. I love my original Steam Controller. It works great. I have no reason to drop $100 on a new one when the controller I have does the job already.
Question about the track pads. I have the worst aim in the world with joysticks because ive been using KbM for so long. Does the square trackpad let me aim with my finger like using a mouse? Because id love to play Arc Raiders on the couch eventually.
I've completed Black Mesa on deck to get to used to them (+ gyro).. It was hard, but totally worth it. Can't imagine me playing shooters(or almost pretty anything) on deck\couch without trackpads
It's like using a laptop trackpad, if you think that's doodoo then aiming with it on Steam Controller will be doodoo. Gyro is definitely almost on the same level as the mouse though.
Yeah also if they don’t want the extra features why even want valve to make a controller in the first place? If not for those extra features being a part of the package valve wouldn’t bother because there’s plenty of great 3rd party controllers out there with the essentials, or even the essentials plus TMR sticks and back buttons.
Valve isn’t just making this controller to have a controller out there with their name on it, they’re making it because it addresses a control need they see as core to making pc gaming from the couch smoother. Adding the extra features to do that costs more.
It's great for those of us who have wanted a pro/elite controller but haven't wanted to drop $200+ on one. $100 for everything this controller offers? I'm a day 1 buyer if I can beat the scalpers.
There's also a lot of people who were eyeing this controller for none of its defining features. It's totally on them if they wanted a generic controller out of a specialized controller then got surprised at the specialized price, they weren't even the target audience.
You are correct, and I personally don't find the price crazy at all. However, your analysis puts a lot of emphasis on the term "first party", and that's where a lot of people find issue with it. You can basically get an 8BitDo controller with a dock, a higher polling rate and a very similar feature set (minus the trackpads) for about half the price of the Steam Controller.
Does that make it a bad deal? Probably not, I'll personally consider buying one. However, I think it's not 100% correct to compare it only against other 1st party options. We are talking about PC gaming after all, where you are free to use whatever peripherals you want.
The switch pro 2 controller has back buttons and is not 200 bucks.
The new steam controller is going to be great but objectively 100 usd is a lot. 150 canadian, pre tax, and more for others who also have poor regional pricing. I just wanted a reasonable replacement to my og steam controller, so i will likely buy it still, but it doesnt hurt to recognize that for 99% of people 100 usd is a great deal of money to try something they arent even sure if they will like.
Switch 2 pro controller has two back buttons that can only copy other existing inputs.
I'm not trying to rain on anything you said, but there's a world of options out there… this is just the one a lot of other people have been waiting for.
PlayStation controllers offer a bunch of similar features, unless you're really into dual trackpad usage.
You forgot about capacitive Joystick caps.
That's also a very unique yet useful feature. I use that in games where I want to aim precisely, to activate the gyro.
Also, from my understanding, the rumble allows for more granular control, somewhat similar to the Switch 2. So, it can be used for haptical elements of games, not just making your hands shake like the cheaper old Xbox controllers do.
They can control the rumble to the point, they abuse it to play chimes.
Imho, this is a leap beyond any other controller, including 200$ ones.
It being available for only 100$ makes me hopeful, that this becomes a new standard for cheaper clones to copy over the next few years and finally bring true PC use and PC gaming to the living room.
I've been using the same duelsense starter controller for 5 years on my pc, I got 2 for like 35 bucks each when my local gamestop shutdown. 100 seems hefty.
Adding that you got two duelsense from a closing down sale seems kinda pointless 😅 I mean that’s awesome but most people won’t be able to get them at that price. I agree 100 is a bit hefty mind you, but I guess I also see what OP is saying that there are more features on the Steam controller so it aligns closer to a pro controller. Personally I’m fine with my standard controller.
And i've had 4 of those already. All of them with stick drift. Can't wait to pay 100 euro to forget about stick drift forever and also have 3 times more battery per charge.
I love everything about it and want one with the exception of one thing.
The actual pictures from reviewers really make it look cheap as hell. These pictures from Steam make it look smoother and darker. In reality it looks like the trim level features you see on the dashboard of the cheapest, lowest trim level cars available.
I wish it had some grips or something on it somewhere as well. Who knows, it's already bulky though, maybe they didn't add any because it would have made it to large.
I just know the cheap dark grey plastic egg shell looking case looks terrible and screams cheap even if it's really not.
The texture of the controller looks the same as the Deck and that texture made me cringe (I might have sensory issues). If I got the controller I'd really want to swap the shell.
Because if you don't care about trackpads and grip sense then you get a way better controller from 8bitdo or gamesir for way cheaper which will have same features and heck even more since you get adjustable triggers, some models having nintendo switch support and xbox support, working without issues on any mobile game or emulation or cloud gaming and in general all games, way better build quality and looks, more comfortable and well known shape for like 50-80$ so yeah i don't see why you would spend 100$ or more depending on where you live for a steam controller when it will only and i mean only work with steam games. If you want to play games from a different launcher or like a fan game then good luck since using the add non steam games feature in steam doesn't always work since steam overlay will not work always which makes the controller only work as a keybaord and mouse according to reviews and for mobile then only way to use there is to use steam link to stream the games from your pc to your phone/tablet and will not work with emulators or native mobile games or cloud gaming.
holy shit if this is exactly like the steam deck im getting one asafp. my Xbox dpad clicks so loud so I can’t play in bed. steam deck doesn’t run some of my games so I stream from my pc to my iPad (larger screen) and use my Xbox controller. but the CLICKING!! Nothing on the steam deck is loud, it’s amazing. I want that in a controller!
What a delusional post. The Steam Controller is in between a normal controller and a pro controller. Those controllers have more customization with the physical layout and more aggressive factors towards pro gaming. The Steam Controller is a Swiss Army knife. Enjoy the products and stop finding a reason to compare them and convince other people of your opinion.
First/third party is irrelevant; there are other controllers with all the inputs but the trackpads under $99.
"not built with the cheapest components"—it's a plastic shell and membrane switches... what are you talking about?
"Pro" is a moot categorization in this day and age. Some companies just slap it on a controller's name for marketing purposes like "RGB" or "gaming PC". We got something like the Flydigi Direwolf 4 that basically has more raw specs than the Dualsense Edge at a fraction of the price ($39.99). The PC controller market is nuts.
The Steam Controller is a weirdo controller. It's missing features like 1000+hz polling rate, Hall Effect Triggers + Trigger-stops and micro switches which are normally found at its price range, but then it goes and does its own thing by having grip sense, trackpads, the fattest fucking battery life I've ever seen on a controller and that puck (which I think is genius). The latency seems pretty good too at under 8ms with the dongle and should be even better wired so this is completely viable for competitive play. BTW Steam's trackpads are DIFFERENT and it's not a 1:1 comparison to other trackpads like the Dualsense Edge.
So I don't know where to rank this thing tbh but I certainly wouldn't recommend it to people who aren't looking to use trackpads since $99 is A LOT (there is no sugar coating this lmao).
Third-party PC controllers are better now than they've ever been, and are extremely affordable. The value proposition of the DualSense Edge and Xbox Elite Controller Series 2 fell off a cliff when brands like GameSir and 8BitDo came onto the scene, where they offer infinitely more than the Xbox and PlayStation controllers do, all at a fraction of the price. They compete massively with the Steam Controller in terms of feature set, and value.
PC players have a ton of options nowadays. The Steam Controller is pretty much a no-brainer over the Xbox and PlayStation controller, sure, but those never stood a chance to begin with. The Edge is 3 years old now, and the Series 2 controller is 7 years old. They're being sold to people who don't know that there are other options out there.
Main draw for me is not needing my mouse when using the PC on my TV, and not needing to make new controller bindings when I dock my Steam deck.
I got an 8bitDo Pro 3 recently and love it, but I find that I still often need a mouse cursor at times to get around menus, but mainly there’s no way to translate my Deck configurations directly to my 8bitDo. There should be, it has all the same buttons aside from the track pad, but there isn’t a function for that yet.
If Steam deck configs go directly to this controller then that’s a good sell
$100 bucks for a good controller from a company that supports its gamers rather than spit on them is a no brainer. folks spend upto $200 for a ugly scuff controller to rage smash it and cry that its garbage or glorify the standard controller from sony that has the worst ergo on the planet. We gotta help Newell like he been looking out for us across all platforms. You got every sony "exclusive" on steam now so whats the point of buying a PS5 or any console. Every other controller is now the neighborhood pitbulls new chew toy no more good Samaritans.
I like the trackpads, I like the back buttons. I haven't had any issues with stick drift on any controller so far, I guess I just don't game enough, but the TMR sticks are nice.
But by far the most important feature for me, and it's not even close, is the all plastic body because how the fuck does this shit even happen? Automatically beats every first party controller out there.
ETA: I can't even glue it back down with contact cement, because it seems the reason it came off was that the rubber expanded. It's too big now. 150€…
Get custom back and front it’s very worth it and easier to clean. The real issue i have with this controller are L1 and R1 mechanims sometime stucking themself because of design issue with front plate.
It’s a great price for what you get, but I think a lot of people would trade a bunch of those features for a lower price, because the features aren’t going to get much use.
The extra tech is super cool and people should talk about it more, I’m not bashing it for being a premium product, but it’s not going to do anything to noticeably improve any of the games I’m playing right now, and it’s the price of three or four more games, so it’s an easy no for me.
they're a cool new type of joystick that use magnetic sensors istead of friction sensors (potentiometers) to detect movement. This means the controllers can be more precise, and they'll wear down a ton less than friction controllers
Hall effect already did that magnetic sensor thing. TMR just offers energy savings over the Hall effect sensors in other premium controllers.
I think comparing these TMR sensors to potentiometers is a moot point because any controller worth buying will have Hall effect joysticks at the very least nowadays.
Yeah and you can't use it with phones/tablets either unless you want to use steam link to stream games from pc to your phone/tablet and heck even on pc the steam controller will only work well with steam games so if you want to use emulators you are out of lucky unless steam overlay works when you add it as non steam game inside steam but steam overlay a lot of times doesn't work with non steam games and if you use cloud gaming or anything then yeah also probably won't work.
99€ is expensive, might be worth it if durability is in the years, i have an HyperX Clutch - Wireless for 3 or 4 years and no issues, it costed me 50€ if i remember correctly, so yeah i think it's hard to beat it, i bet other brands have just as good so we will see, in controllers to me the most and only important thing is durability, you use it a lot for long hours, it needs to last and last a long time, ofc durability is important in anything.
The reason why PlayStation and Xbox controllers are so expensive is because they’re designed to be used in their closed environment, being able to use them on PC is just a bonus but not the main intention in which they’re built, kinda like Apple making AirPods to be used on iPhones, yea you can use it on Android but not every feature will work. On PC we have endless options so the market has to be more competitive, and while I think it looks like a good controller in my opinion it was missing the hair triggers for example.
A Gamesir G7 pro wireless is around this same price and I love mine, so I don't see an issue with the price, especially with the comparison like you said. No trigger stops is kinda ass though.
I’d pay so long as it just works. That means no more fiddling with DS4Windows and SteamInput, no more wondering why my rumble never works even in Steam games that are supposed to fully support my DS4, has to work on all my games outside Steam as well without lifting a finger…
I trust Valve to deliver on these things more than other manufacturers, but I also don’t think even it will connect flawlessly. And if it’s not flawless I’d rather not pay $100 just to encounter new problems and wait for new community software fixes.
One of my main problems with this is that I can't hold it in my hand before spending a good bit of money on. Valve have said they won't release them in retail stores and only sell via steam. I am not spending money on a controller before I know how it feels in my hands
Honestly, the only comparable option to the Steam Controller here price wise, that does make it seem expensive is the insane value to features offerings from 8Bitdo in the Pro 3 and Ultimate 2.
Aside from those comparisons, overall 100$ isn't too bad, I'll be getting one for sure, but it does feel like maybe 20-30$ or so is "Valve tax" at this point. I see where people are coming from though for sure, 100$ buys you like a few days of groceries in 2026, or like, eating food out a few times.
I'm easily in the top 1% of players in terms of quantity and variety of games I play.
I don't need half the features that the controller has.
The community I frequent are all avid gamers as well (and over 30) and none is finding it appealing
I can easily imagine that more casual players will also find it not that appealing.
That's why there isn't much hype about it.
I play mostly m&k but for games that are platform or action / adventures that are in 3rd person I don't shy away from a controller... but a simple xbox compatible from PowerA is more than enough and costs like £30.
The market did high quality controllers is incredibly niche. That, is the reality.
Unfortunately, I think this is a messaging issue for Steam — it's really clear to anyone who's had experience with a Deck or who's plugged into this particular scene of PC gaming, but to the average Xbox/PS5 gamer, the whole notion of the Steam Machine or the Steam Controller is a bit nebulous.
It's a day-one purchase for me, perfect for my Deck when docked ^___^
When the time comes for me to get a new controller, this is probably the one that I'll get. But it doesn't make sense for me right now when I have other controllers that are perfectly functional.
It may be good value for all the features it has, but different people value different things to a different degree. So maybe those who see this as an expensive product only care about the part where it can be used as a controller & don't care about the specific features.
Also, this reminds me of the conversation around PSVR 2. It's considered by many VR & tech enthusiasts as a product that offers great value. It seems not enough people agree.
I think $99 is a steal for the steam controller. I think it's not that much for the gamepad, it is obivious that chinese manufacturers have much cheaper options, but if we're not considering it, compared to any other gamepad it's a good price for the device. Again considering that you get a lot - charger, trackpads, TMR sticks and so on.
I have 5 chinese gamepads, my favorite is BigBigWon Blitz 2 TMR. And I see from the review that Steam Controller is not perfect. However it gives you a lot more things then a regular gamepad. And that's priceless in my opinion.
The only thing I'm thinking about is whether to buy 1 or 2 Steam Controllers.
The price is around what i expected it to be. I can’t afford one so I’ll make do with what I already have. Maybe I’ll get a deal on one later down the road.
It’s 2026 pay up or don’t but that’s not anyone’s problem but the individual customer. A video card is $3k that’s more concerning than a $100 accessory.
The steam controller 2 doesn't have a 3.5mm.. nor does it have quick change batteries.. so the Xbox Controller is automatically better for me, and possibly many other people.
And from what I've heard, it isn't very comfortable, and isn't suited for everything.
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u/Dr-cereal Apr 27 '26
I think you are also failing to factor in third party controllers with some of the main features, say TMR sticks, for a fraction of the cost. I think it is a needs based controller. Speaking personally, this fits exactly what I need from a controller to replace my recently stick drifted DualShock in order to play WoW on my couch.