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Steam Controller gets official release date and pricing, set to launch May 4th

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After much speculation and a couple of leaks in the past few days, Valve have finally confirmed both the release date and price of their upcoming Steam Controller. Set to launch on the 4th of May, the much-anticipated controller will cost £85 in the UK and $99 in the US.

For that price you'll be getting a wholly unique controller, featuring TMR analogue sticks, four haptic motors, the Steam Controller Puck for low-latency wireless connectivity, and a battery that will reportedly last you more than 35 hours between charges. Those interested in picking it up for themselves can add it to their Steam wishlist ahead of its release.

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I was interested in it until I saw that they are going to cost $150 Canadian. I have multiple controllers with Hall effect and TMRs in them. I have 3 or 4 PS5 controllers with TMRs, 3 PS4 controllers with Hall effects, an Xbox controller I bought for PC, and recently I got an 8BitDo Ultimate 2C for my Switch that works great with my PC for $30 Canadian, and that has Hall effects. I would love to get a Steam controller, but it's too expensive for me, especially because I have multiple alternatives I could use.
 
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Personally, it's that bit too expensive as is for what I'd want to spend, considering I'm only really interested in the touchpads over my existing controllers.

Unless it goes on sale I'll probably just stick with my Xbox + trackball mouse or my original Steam Controller.
 
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SecureBoot said:
I'll probably reserve one for no other reason than to replace the shitty Logitech keyboard/track pad thing I use on my couch
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I know the one. Every single person who has used one agrees they're shit :lol:

Shame they stopped making the dinovo edge. I actually liked that one.
 
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Silterpy said:
I was interested in it until I saw that they are going to cost $150 Canadian. I have multiple controllers with Hall effect and TMRs in them. I have 3 or 4 PS5 controllers with TMRs, 3 PS4 controllers with Hall effects, an Xbox controller I bought for PC, and recently I got an 8BitDo Ultimate 2C for my Switch that works great with my PC for $30 Canadian, and that has Hall effects. I would love to get a Steam controller, but it's too expensive for me, especially because I have multiple alternatives I could use.
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Yeah, it's something I want but don't need, and thus something I can't justify the price for in the current economy. Anybody with a living room PC/docked Steam Deck connected to their TV will get plenty of value out of it, but I play at my desk.

ChibiMofo said:
The $100 price should be expected. They have to make up all the money they wasted designing and developing the ill-fated and now infinitely delayed/cancelled Steam Machine.
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That's not a factor here. It's a unique design, with features that even the DualSense Edge and Xbox Elite controllers don't have, and those cost twice as much. It's not something that can be or will be mass manufactured on the same scale as official console controllers/8bitdo products.
 
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The Real Jdbye said:
I know the one. Every single person who has used one agrees they're shit :lol:

Shame they stopped making the dinovo edge. I actually liked that one.
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It's crazy that that POS is the only thing on store shelves. I did see Framework is coming out with a competitor so looking forward to that for sure
 
$100? Oof, I'll be sticking with my PS5 controllers, then. I'm sure it's a fair price, it would just be nice if there were also a budget option. There's less of that anymore, it seems.
 
Expensive, but fuck it. I'm in love with the touchpads, and may as well get it. Would love to see if the firmware will be hackable, because original Steam Controller got some love in that aspect, albeit without help from Valve.

Still, much more worth getting than OEM console controllers that are crazy overpriced by any stretch of imagination. This controller has so much more to offer.

AdenTheThird said:
I don't play much PC these days, but I'm interested in the controller's compatibility with other consoles (Switch, Xbox, etc). If the controller works on those consoles I'd be much inclined to pick one up as my next controller. Considering the price points of rival controllers, I think $99 is a fair price point.
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Ditto with the hacking desire, but considering Steam hardware is way, way more active as of late than during OG Steam Controller days, there is hope!
 
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I've been waiting for this for so long, it's everything I've ever wanted from a controller. I sold my extra OG steam controller a couple months ago to pay for this so I'm okay with the price point.
 
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I'm just gonna say it'll be waaaay more comfortable playing my Steam Deck with this controller in the office on break.
 
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emigre said:
I'm going to say it. I think it's a fair price for it.

Important to mention, you can get controllers with hall effect and TMR sticks for less though no touchpads if you're hard up for cash. I got a controller for £20 with hall effect sticks so there is value in the market unless AI decides it needs analogue sticks.
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I've always been on the fence this is expensive for a controller, but the reality is, when you look at the Xbox Elite and how poor it is, you realise this is a decent price

I hear PlayStation controllers have problems too these days, but they're still better than ALL Xbox controllers, which are faulty by design, so they can sell you more and regularly.

The switch 1 controllers were atrocious for drift, I'm unsure who's worse though when it comes to Switch 1/2 and Xbox

The suits at Microsoft/Xbox do a good job in convincing fanboys they're failing due to Xbox One, Sony, other nations governments, various other scapegoats, it's laughable
 
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GN video review is very positive overall:


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70+ hour battery life with rumble off/35+ hours with rumble on, 2.4ghz connection has lower input latency than an Xbox controller via wired connection, very easy to disassemble and repair.
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Wow...

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As someone who went down the rabbit hole of controller latencies on the MiSTer FPGA, I cannot believe an Xbox One Controller Wired (!) has over 20 ms AVG latency and Microsoft being fine with that.

It speaks for itself that the Steam Controller is faster... wireless!
 
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