- It has features others do not and extra hardware others do not. That costs more.
- Tarrifs, the stupid Iran war and the AI price boom has made new items expensive where as existing items still have stock at old prices for now but will go up. For example new smart phones are between 50 and 100 percent more expensive than the previous years version.
I do have to complain about the price: Not that it’s $99 USD, but that it’s $149 CAD and not $136 CAD. That’s an extra $14 over FX for what exactly? I still have to pay the shipping… kinda shitty of Valve there.
I don’t mind this for $136 CAD because I have a pile of 2 broken PS5 controllers ($120 wasted — though now the price is $104 each so I guess it’s a $210 comparable) and a pile of dead Joy Cons, and frankly, controllers from the big companies are steaming piles of e-waste.
With the fancy quantum magnet sticks and having fancy magnet triggers, and having a bluetooth pairing/switching process that isn’t archaic, this feels like it’s worth buying. If only you could buy more pucks, because I would want one for my gaming computer and one for my partner’s computer given how easy pairing is (right now my partner uses a Nintendo Pro controller with cable, because bluetooth on that thing is weird — even some linux distros don’t pair with it still).
You could ask Steam support for a replacement puck. I think they will offer them separately if demand is high enough.
The biggest problem is apparently it doesnt support basic xinput and requires Steam to function. Hoping a firmware update fixes that.
Not supporting Xinput is a blessing…
Wish I could order it without the stupid puck!
And I wish the batteries were easier to swap!
I don’t see the problem.
Just leave it attached to the controller that’s moving between devices, the connection to the puck is USB-C so it’s not like you’re moving a bunch of cable and the magnetic attachment is strong enough to not worry about it falling off.
On the other hand, If they have a Steam controller and their GF also has one then they’d have 2 pucks.
Shit, I even find $80 CAD Xbox controllers to be too expensive. I flinched at the $99 USD price, but hadn’t seen the Canadian one.
In my head spending more than $60 on a controller or game feels absurd.
That’s what my brain has proved anchored gaming stuff at from when I was a kid.
Is hard to get passed that feeling.
It really is.
I’m just closing my eyes and praying to Gabe that I made the right choice.
Same. You can get some decent controllers for 50 or less.
This doesn’t really compare, it’s a premium controller with multiple different input methods and features to integrate with their other hardware. If you just need a basic controller, this obviously isn’t pitched at that.
Import fees maybe? Tariffs on products from the US?
Yea, money is never as simple as conversion rates. You cannot 1:1 compare them.
