Wild how the previous Steam Controller was such a flop that Valve had to clear their inventory by selling them all for $5 each, and now the new Steam Controller is going to be $100 out the gate.
I’ve been really looking forward to this, especially as a Bazzite HTPC Steam Box controller, but that feels shockingly steep to me.
I do believe Valve actually learns lessons from failure. They certainly seem to have with the new Steam Machine vs the old Steam Machine. Making it a console-like device instead of somekind of ecosystem. So I am leaning toward the new Controller not being a massive pile of shit.
Oh for sure. I liked the original Steam Controller for what it was and I’m excited for the new one to give me a Deck-like experience on my Bazzite PC. I’m confident this will be a good controller.
I just think it’s kind of a big swing going from the $5 bargain bin device to the $100 follow up. I wonder how many people are going to think they can wait for this one to go into clearance?
Wild how the previous Steam Controller was such a flop that Valve had to clear their inventory by selling them all for $5 each, and now the new Steam Controller is going to be $100 out the gate.
I’ve been really looking forward to this, especially as a Bazzite HTPC Steam Box controller, but that feels shockingly steep to me.
Was it really a flop? I thought they needed to clear stock because of some patent dispute with
CrucialCorsair.Edit: as pointed, it was Corsair, not Crucial
Not Crucial, Corsair. They own SCUF, the patent trolls that decided to keep back buttons for themselves.
Thankfully Valve eventually won their appeal, and SCUD’s patent was invalidated. But by that point the damage was already done
Thanks for the correction, you are right. I only have one PSU from Corsair, our paths didn’t cross that much.
Yep. It was. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/court-upholds-jurys-decision-in-steam-controller-patent-dispute
I do believe Valve actually learns lessons from failure. They certainly seem to have with the new Steam Machine vs the old Steam Machine. Making it a console-like device instead of somekind of ecosystem. So I am leaning toward the new Controller not being a massive pile of shit.
The failure of the controller was because they lost a patent lawsuit against Crucial, not because it was a bad product.
Corsair, not Crucial
Oh for sure. I liked the original Steam Controller for what it was and I’m excited for the new one to give me a Deck-like experience on my Bazzite PC. I’m confident this will be a good controller.
I just think it’s kind of a big swing going from the $5 bargain bin device to the $100 follow up. I wonder how many people are going to think they can wait for this one to go into clearance?
I’m pretty sure that the original sold for something like 45 or 50 at the time. Maybe more.
I actually got a couple of those $5 controllers for spare parts before it shut down, I’m glad someone else remembers that actually happened.
I feel ripped off at getting 4 for $15 each!