Post #2108005

2026-05-04 20:49 UTC

the price point isn't outrageous, but it's not compelling when an Xbox controller can be bought for a third the price. Track-pads are nice, but people playing Steam are often sitting right next to a keyboard and mouse anyway.

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@paper_moon@lemmy.world 2026-05-04 21:11

As a steamdeck owner, the ability to use the trackpads to play old keyboard/mouse games without having to sit at a computer, is great. I've been playing a lot of Dungeon Siege and Baldur's Gate 2, released in early 2000's with mouse/keyboard in mind, and they both work flawlessly. The new Steam Controller is a welcome addition because the old Steam Controller doesn't have the same button and joystick layout, plus its missing buttons, compared to the steamdeck. So when you want to dock the steamdeck and play your favorite first person shooter for example, and game on the TV in the livingroom, there's no controller until now that matches what you've become accustomed to expecting with muscle memory, from playing on the steam deck.

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@chris@l.roofo.cc 2026-05-04 21:09

Xbox controllers are bad. I have two with stick drift. The steam controller has TMR sticks. They should never drift as long as the springs don't wear out. They also have a few other goodies. They are more comparable to the Xbox elite controller.

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