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Steam Controller review leaks, but price of Steam Machine accessory may disappoint (www.notebookcheck.net)
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[–] 25 points 4 months ago (11 children)

Wild how the previous Steam Controller was such a flop that Valve had to clear their inventory by selling them all for $5 each, and now the new Steam Controller is going to be $100 out the gate.

I've been really looking forward to this, especially as a Bazzite HTPC Steam Box controller, but that feels shockingly steep to me.

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  • [–] 18 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

    Was it really a flop? I thought they needed to clear stock because of some patent dispute with Crucial Corsair.

    Edit: as pointed, it was Corsair, not Crucial

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    Not Crucial, Corsair. They own SCUF, the patent trolls that decided to keep back buttons for themselves.

    Thankfully Valve eventually won their appeal, and SCUD's patent was invalidated. But by that point the damage was already done

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    I do believe Valve actually learns lessons from failure. They certainly seem to have with the new Steam Machine vs the old Steam Machine. Making it a console-like device instead of somekind of ecosystem. So I am leaning toward the new Controller not being a massive pile of shit.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    Oh for sure. I liked the original Steam Controller for what it was and I'm excited for the new one to give me a Deck-like experience on my Bazzite PC. I'm confident this will be a good controller.

    I just think it's kind of a big swing going from the $5 bargain bin device to the $100 follow up. I wonder how many people are going to think they can wait for this one to go into clearance?

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