I have one of those, they go on sale for $20 or less all the time. Works great.
That being said… i’m not here complaining about price, i’m complaining about value. Show me why this is worth what they are asking. I can and have dropped hundreds of dollars on quality peripherals many times. So far all it has is a valve logo on it. I’d buy two vaders over this any day, and that’s just one direct example.
Just a point to consider that I didn’t see you mention: a lot of times those aftermarket controllers don’t work well with linux. The auxiliary/extra buttons aren’t able to be used. This won’t really be the case for steam controller since it’s made by valve and will have all the proper driver support built in.
Im full time Linux these days at work and at home.
I have gotten four different third party controllers to work, and really only PopOS gave me issues with them. All just are recognized and “just work” on cachyos.
I just haven’t struggled with peripheral compatibility on computers really since the olden days when we transitioned away from dos and early windows to USB… and then again from 16bit drivers to 32 or again to 64bit. But I do know some devices are a problem for some people I suppose.
I’m not here complaining about price, i’m complaining about value. Show me why this is worth what they are asking.
You already have a Steam Controller built into your Steam Deck. If you haven’t made custom steam input mappings to utilize the touchpads and capacitive sticks with gyro, then this is not going to appeal to you.
If you want to see what that’s all about there are videos on Steam Input for the Deck and all the cool things you can do with it. Once you have that the way you like it you wish all controllers could do it (or at least I do).
So this is a niche product for people who utilize all the control surfaces that the Deck and the original Steam Controller offer. If you don’t then it’s overpriced and not worth it.
If you haven’t made custom steam input mappings to utilize the touchpads and capacitive sticks with gyro, then this is not going to appeal to you.
We have a winner. A niche like any other… and steam input isn’t exclusive to steam hardware at all lol, third party controllers get all this and more. We all win!
Steam Input is not exclusive to this controller, correct. However the inputs that this controller has and exposes to Steam Input are. There is no other controller in existence that supports dual touchpads and capacitive gyro. I’m not sure why youre being so argumentative. It’s not for you, move on.
I have one of those, they go on sale for $20 or less all the time. Works great.
That being said… i’m not here complaining about price, i’m complaining about value. Show me why this is worth what they are asking. I can and have dropped hundreds of dollars on quality peripherals many times. So far all it has is a valve logo on it. I’d buy two vaders over this any day, and that’s just one direct example.
Just a point to consider that I didn’t see you mention: a lot of times those aftermarket controllers don’t work well with linux. The auxiliary/extra buttons aren’t able to be used. This won’t really be the case for steam controller since it’s made by valve and will have all the proper driver support built in.
My Razer wolverine V2 is a prime example.
Try switching between Xinput and Dinput mode. You can get the extra buttons to work with one of them usually (AFAIK).
Im full time Linux these days at work and at home.
I have gotten four different third party controllers to work, and really only PopOS gave me issues with them. All just are recognized and “just work” on cachyos.
I just haven’t struggled with peripheral compatibility on computers really since the olden days when we transitioned away from dos and early windows to USB… and then again from 16bit drivers to 32 or again to 64bit. But I do know some devices are a problem for some people I suppose.
You already have a Steam Controller built into your Steam Deck. If you haven’t made custom steam input mappings to utilize the touchpads and capacitive sticks with gyro, then this is not going to appeal to you.
If you want to see what that’s all about there are videos on Steam Input for the Deck and all the cool things you can do with it. Once you have that the way you like it you wish all controllers could do it (or at least I do).
So this is a niche product for people who utilize all the control surfaces that the Deck and the original Steam Controller offer. If you don’t then it’s overpriced and not worth it.
We have a winner. A niche like any other… and steam input isn’t exclusive to steam hardware at all lol, third party controllers get all this and more. We all win!
Steam Input is not exclusive to this controller, correct. However the inputs that this controller has and exposes to Steam Input are. There is no other controller in existence that supports dual touchpads and capacitive gyro. I’m not sure why youre being so argumentative. It’s not for you, move on.