Since it’s so quiet here, let me start :)
The Steam Controller, albeit being discontinued in 2019 is still going strong here.
I like that you can easily replace the two AA batteries and even though the original wifi dongle broke somehow, it is possible to just link it with Bluetooth as well.
I have one of these, and the analog stick started to get some drift. NBD, I thought, I’ll just pick up a new stick and swap it out.
Turns out, I’m rubbish at desoldering. So now I have a pile of parts until I get up the courage to try again.
For me the secret ingredient was the goopy flux. That plus the copper wick and swish the wick around with the soldering iron and it all just reverse splooges away.
I’m disappointed I missed the chance to get one of these. It seems like such a cool thing. I’m holding out hope that they’ll revisit the idea someday.
There seems to be murmurs of them doing steam controller 2 - just basically a controller based on what they already have on the steamdeck but as an external controller.
I use mine with my docked deck sometimes and it’s great, but I’m left wishing for an updated model with better build quality.
The buttons are just too noisy and so is the rumble if you turn it on. Overall I love mine to death and will mourn their loss when they all finally break, but I’ve gotten so much use out of them it’s crazy. I’ve done raids in WoW as MT using Steam Controller as primary input. Did that for years, got fairly decent at CS:S, racing games, even done factory building and that kerbal space launch one. Damn things are so versatile, but definitely showing their age compared to my Steam Deck. It would be nice to have a refreshed Steam Controller.
I have one I use all the time, and two that I bought when Valve was offloading them for $5. Just in case.
There is still no other controller on the market that allows you to play strategy games from the couch.
I have a few of these. They pair well with my Steam Links and Steam Deck + Deck Dock
I proudly own a steam controller that I never use.
Gulikit, bro
Got one and missed the opportunity to buy 3 more of those.
Only Thing (which made it even more a BIFL Was swappijg the Analog Cap with a Metal Cap for the Xbox.
Looks charming with the silver Analog and is still going strong as my every day gamepad :)
I hope they some day make a comeback/version 2, that thing rocks almost like a PS 3 Controller and is universally usable for all games
Mine is as well, although I have to admit that I don’t use it as much as I once did.
Meh,I tried it playing dead space and it wasn’t working well. If course, it has less moving parts and the quality is great but the touch pads were a lot less responsive than regular analog sticks imho. But that may just be my personal taste.
That’s the biggest weakness of the controller IMO, you have to tweak in the input settings on the game, build a controller config on Steam and learn to use it. Muscle memory is a helluva thing.
No, it is true that console ports that are highly optimized for the standard controllers do not work as well with the Steam Controller. Same is true for old emulators that need a real dpad. But for pretty much everything else the Steam Controller is great.