![]() But, more unfairly, it's been characterized as a "bad" controller, with reviews criticizing everything from build quality to software, and the process of just getting the damn thing to work.īut the rest is the story of how a poor launch-day experience and impatient reviewers murdered what could have been the biggest paradigm shift in gaming input since Sony introduced dual analog sticks with the 1997 Dualshock.Ī well-loved Steam Controller - Image: ALensAndSomeLuckīut, what went wrong with the Steam Controller? Is it as bad as initial reviews made it out to be? And what does the future hold for the new technologies it introduced? You're using it wrong! The case of the missing gyroscope It was widely seen as a commercial failure - which it was, with a mere 500,000 lifetime units sold. Valve killed off the Steam Controller last year. I've tried Microsoft's controller, the DualShock and DualSense, and even the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller. Over the past five years, the Steam Controller has been my go-to device for PC gaming from the couch. No, I'm not crazy, and I'm not a collector of failed tech, either.
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