Steam Hardware
A place to discuss and support all Steam Hardware, including Steam Deck, Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and SteamOS in general.
As Lemmy doesn't have flairs yet, you can use these prefixes to indicate what type of post you have made, eg:
[Flair] My post title
The following is a list of suggested flairs:
[Deck] - Steam Deck related.
[Controller] - Steam Controller related.
[Machine] - Steam Machine related.
[Frame] - Steam Frame related.
[Discussion] - General discussion.
[Help] - A request for help or support.
[News] - News about the deck.
[PSA] - Sharing important information.
[Game] - News / info about a game on the deck.
[Update] - An update to a previous post.
[Meta] - Discussion about this community.
If your post is only relevant to one hardware device (Deck/Machine/Frame/etc) please specify which one as part of the title or by using a device flair.
These are not enforced, but they are encouraged.
Rules:
- Follow the rules of Sopuli
- Posts must be related to Steam Hardware or Steam OS in an obvious way.
- No piracy, there are other communities for that.
- Discussion of emulators are allowed, but no discussion on how to illegally acquire ROMs.
- This is a place of civil discussion, no trolling.
- Have fun.
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A. not everyone playing games on PC use controllers. \
B. of the people that do use controllers a "normal" xbox style controller fits them well.
It's only the people who really want the trackpads, the gyro, or whatother (mostly) unique features it offers.
Yeah, the word "niche" does not imply that you are required to buy this...
Sure but even in that context, where I live an Xbox controller costs between ~$80 to just over a hundred depending on the design. The Elite controller is ~$200 (or currently on sale for $150).
So with that context, the $150 price point of the Steam Controller is really not that high, especially when you consider the hall effect joysticks, trackpads, gyro, and Valve's really strong track record of supporting their hardware post-launch.
Note: all prices are in Canadian dollars
After gaming so much on the deck, going back to my Xbox elite 2 controller feels bad lol. The extra convenience of the trackpads is seriously so worth it.
Plus hopefully no stick drift and broken buttons, like I've gotten on every Xbox controller I've owned (over 10 at this point)
I.e. anyone who has touched a steam deck