I am so extremely sad that mine broke :( Served me well for years, and my right bumper had an internal component snap. I kept it disassembled in a little box in case I ever figure out how to fix it or replace the part that broke, but I got myself a nice custom xbox controller to help cope.
I still have a sealed one in the attic from the clearance sale they had a few years ago
Just to make you feel like time goes really fast. The sale happened exactly 4 years ago. 25.11.2019
Holy shit. Doesn’t feel that long. I will prob buy one 2nd hand to use and keep the sealed one.
I still have mine in box since they originally came out :) never did get around to using it.
Haha same! I have one I use and a sealed one in my closet. These are made so well I honestly think I will never need to open it
Its not even close to treasure
I used this all the time until one of the bumpers stopped clicking. Wonder if it’s possible to fix, I doubt many spare parts exist for this thing
bumpers unfortunately are the biggest design flaw in the thing. You could fix it potentially.
Steam put all the plastic bits up as STL files, if you google it you can find it. Might let you fix it.
Can someone explain to me why these are suddenly loved when they were overpriced and barely sold while they were available?
They were liked by some people when they came out, and for a while could be had for £10, which is cheap. Now they make a decent accompaniment to a docked Deck, or a big picture mode PC. Some people really like the track pads, some people hate them, but you’re in a steam hardware sub, chances are a fair few people in here liked them.
decent accompaniment to a docked Deck
best gamepad option in existence for a docked Deck you mean. Not even close with the dongle - lowest latency controller I’ve ever used. Took a long while to get used to it, but now everything else feels pedestrian. That said I do rock a DS3 and an Xbone controller sometimes.
Because they were wildly under appreciated and misunderstood. The best couch alternative to a mouse keyboard, a precursor to the Steam Deck’s excellent input options. They’re super well built, versatile, and without the woe of a built in battery, can last years with eneloops. IMO.
I bought one on release, and like 4 more as they went on fire sale. I absolutely love mine, but even beyond use-case they’re a weird and unique piece of tech. Steam controller config basically exists because of the Steam Controller, and now that it’s gone there’s been time for people to realize how interesting the SC actually was.
You’re getting biased comments because this is a Steam Deck reddit(so more pro-valve users in general).
They were never overpriced. A ton of technology went into them, and if you knew what you were doing they became the best controller you ever used.
Each game takes a while to setup, or at least try several of the community presets, if you want optimal control. Most games just defaulted to a twin stick control layout that was often worse than just using a regular controller, and rarely used any of the features of steam controller such as:
- Dual stage triggers like GameCube. One action when you press lightly, one when you click fully.
- Trackpads can be bound to 9 virtual buttons depending where you click, including an on screen UI with custom icons
- You can set the controller to do different things when you hold a button. Now you’ve got effectively unlimited buttons
I’d recommended watching some Nerrel videos. Most gamers don’t like change. To use a steam controller most effectively you have to learn new control schemes. Trackpad for large camera movements and gyro for fine aim, or “flick stick” is superior to any other console aiming system and competitive with mouse, but no one wants to learn it.
Steam Deck made people realise how useful the trackpads are for controlling games, especially FPS or mouse-driven titles. Plus the Deck having a dock means you want a decent controller for it. Combine those two together and you get people wanting them to use when docked, since trackpads are super useful in some cases.
There’s a whole load of mouse-only games I’ve played docked to my TV using the Steam Controller, and it has kind of Just Worked.
I don’t recall them being overpriced.
It is my go-to controller. I’m on my 3rd one now, and I am honestly considering buying 3 more as backup for the future.
There’s nothing else like a steam controller. You can actually use your whole-ass PC with it, you can hotkey or program anything with it. The trackpads feel great IMO, and the ergonomics of the controller just fit my hand perfectly.
I really really think they’re underrated. Most people just haven’t used theirs long enough. I would pay good money for a Steam Controller 2.
steam input takes a while to learn and love
I could’ve sworn I’ve seen some go for like 150-200 a good while back on eBay. I’d want one for 50 bucks
They’re about $50 on ebay nowadays
I still have mine. My original dark souls 3 play-through was with this controller…🤣 funny to think I didn’t think twice about it
I bet Sekiro and all the Dark Souls w/ mine
Nooo… one of the worst controllers ever made. I’m sorry… but it’s just not good. If it had 2 joysticks it might be better. I think it was good for valve to have made it as they learned for the steamdeck. Same goes for the consoles they made with Alienware years ago. Some of that stuff got them to where they are now with the steamdeck.
Are they worth? Not so expensive on eBay, should I get one?
They’re cool but ultimately not too usable IMO. The decision to omit the 2nd joystick killed it as a viable replacement to a regular gamepad. You can clearly see “v2” in the Steam Deck, though, where they kept everything good about the Steam Controller and added the 2nd joystick and shrunk the touchpads a bit.
I bust mine out from time to time but I always go back to my console controllers.
It was never designed to be a ‘replacement’ for a regular gamepad. You can see this in all the marketing from back then. It shows people playing games like Cities Skylines on a TV, games that, to this day, still play terribly on controller.
It was designed to play PC only KB/M games. Not really gamepad games. The amount of FPS games I played with this thing, at a decently high level, is astounding. Plus the amount of mouse-only games too
I wish I bought one back when I had a chance, I remember so many people were hating on it. I bet nobody thought they would be worth so much in the future
I got one for $5 at closeout. It was cool, but I never used it. Eventually sold it when I was getting money together to buy a house, made a pretty good profit on it. Wish I had kept it, though
I loved mine, but lost my dongle in a move.
This controller was amazing for me with Rocket League. Still no clue how Valve didn’t go all in with their hardware.
Gamer’s equivalency of finding a modern historical relic.
I’m selling one along with a 512G steam deck on eBay. Search 276178347834. If you’re interested.