Skip it.
Gamesir G7 Pro 8K instead.
this post was submitted on 06 Jun 2026
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Found mine ages ago in a CEX in London. It was on display and cought my eye while walking past it.
I went in and asked the staff for the Steam controller and they had no idea what I was talking about. Had to go outside with them to show it. They had no idea they had it :D
Congratulations. I've had mine since the launched. Love it. Find what works for you. But i always put the left trackpad as my joystick, and the joystick as a dpad
I still got this one in a drawer. I just wasnβt big on the primary touch pads with only one joystick.
I also have one and I hate it.
I loved mine but the 2026 steam controller is superior In every way.
Oh my god, I just googled this. It looks like the price was decided by Lucille Bluth.
Hours much can our controller cost, Michael? $100?
Meanwhile, 8bitdo has amazing controllers for a quarter that price.
Very true I would have liked to be cheaper but I have two 8bitdo controllers already the ultimate 2 and the pro 3 but I was missing the touch pads and active thumbsticks when the steam deck was docked. Didn't really have a choice.
The new steam controller sold out within minutes, so it seems like they priced it too low if anything.
Whilst pricing everything at "what the market will bear" is valid; it is a shitty way to do business.
Valve has traditionally taken a longer view of things; if they sell a controller that you will love and use for years. Their reputation grows, especially if they are not gouging their customers for everything they can.
Valve will make more than enough by selling games via Steam; having an "optimized for Steam Controller" tag somewhere will keep those who already purchased happy; and drive more sales over the long run.
Yeah I plan to get one at some point. So over messing with Xbox controller drivers and other BS on Linux.
Except it didn't look like an owl. Original Steam controller 1, new Steam controller 86.
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I loved mine. I used it until it died. Took a bit to get used to it. But when it died on me it took even longer to get used to a regular controller again.
No real idea if yours is "a beaut", you haven't shown the controller, only a marketing image of another controller of the same kind.
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Ceci nβest pas une steam controller.
Printed on a cardboard box
Still have mine, love the concave touchpads.
Still use it with my physical steam link and my steam deck, mostly to setup game nights of jackbox.
Still got mine! Once I adapted to touchpad buttons, I loved how it could be customized. Crazy cool controller.
I still have mine too, but I never played too much with it because I just can't do the 'play on the couch' thing or whatever. I was always a keyboard+mouse person. Playing on the steam deck does work for me somehow tho.
I also have a pair of underused Steam Controllers, and a Steam Link to go with them. Turns out I just don't care about gaming on my TV.
Yeah. Not sure what it is. It somehow feels more laggy, and for some games I struggle to read what's on the screen sometimes. Plus there's obviously other family members that want to use the TV most of the time. The steam deck really has been the only way I still do any gaming.
Makes sense. Iβm a console gamer for much the same reason: I first started playing when my Dad let me play on his A2600. Mustβve been around 7 years old or so.
That said, Iβve certainly played k&m for a few years when I played WoW. There was a bit of a difference for me when I had to reach farther for an Fn key or the like, so in that sense controllers just have a slight edge over k&m.
I love mine. I need to pickup a 4th.
I ended up with 4 of these as well as Steam links from their clearance sale forever ago. Only 1 has a broken bumper button from overuse but they are all still fine otherwise. Canβt wait to get my controller 2 availability email.
Nice username btw.
Yeah, me too, now that I think about it.
I wanted to buy one when it came out and only 1 store had it in my country and it was like 100 bucks, prohibitively expensive in Ecuador
I drove to Italy to a gamestop to buy two and two links. My first and last time in a gamestop!
I got one during the closeout, I think it was $15 with a copy of Hollow Knight. But once I got it I started figuring, if I spent the time to get used to it then when it someday broke I'd be SOL on a replacement. So I stuck it on a shelf where it sits to this day.
It's worth a lot more than $15 to other people, especially if it's an unused one.
I still have mine in the box. I dunno, it's just a collector's item to me now. Got it for $5 when they were pretty much giving them away.
I use a Gamesir instead.
Same, got it on the fire sale, tossed it in storage and then forgot about it after a few moves. Found it a bit ago looking for something else lmao
Iβd love to see what this feels like in the hands someday.
It feels really good to hold, but using it in games is weird unless the game has inputs suited for it.
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