Leak: Valve is making a Steam Controller 2

I’d be surprised if they weren’t making exactly that. It’d also give devs an easier way to test controlling with a deck without having to buy one

It’s wild to me that somehow the elite controllers are worst than their cheaper brothers. I’ve owned both series. Both sucked hard.

Give me the Steam Deck layout sans screen and I'll buy several.

This, they should include gyro too ideally if that doesn't go without saying

But with hall effect, and slightly more angled triggers for better ergonomics since it doesnt have to be flat. And.. and..

This 100%. Personally I'm happy with the build quality on my Elite 2, but I hate that it requires Windows 10+ to update the firmware. And it really needs a trackpad.

if it ends up being like the steam deck layout, they'll probably just fuse the touch screens into one larger one in the center of the controller, towards the bottom. At that point, it would probably just be pretty similar to the playstation controller, but with slightly more questionable ergonomics, or maybe a more usable touchscreen.

You're not seriously asking for that button arrangement right? The D-pad is so uncomfortable to use. I love my Steam Deck, but I accept the button arrangement as an acceptable cope.

steam deck shell with a slot for your phone or a power bank or a slice of toast if that's what you want

I get the cheap GameSir controllers and they work fine. I've got probably 10 of them running around and I need to grab two more to replace my dying Stadia controllers. None have given me a moment of trouble.

That said, I'm not picking up two more if there's a new steam controller coming. I'll wait. I don't usually need more than 8 at once so I can put it on the back burner for now until I need to host a holiday.

I'd base all expectations on Steam Deck not Controller v1. You can already see the lessons learned in the deck.

The clicky-ness of the touchpad, paddles, shoulder buttons etc. is one of the things if absolutely love about the OG Steam Controller

The only reason I stopped using mine was because the membrane that makes the ABXY feel mushy eventually went and I couldn't find a suitable replacement.

If they put in some sort of mechanical switches there so that this couldn't happen, I would probably never use anything else.

Agreed with all of this except for similarity to Deck (if the touchpads are squircles I will lose my mind), but my main concern is the shoulder buttons. Pressing shoulder buttons on the SC is literally manual labor and sounds like cracking a glow stick. Hopefully they'll be more like the Deck or any other modern gamepad.

Yes to all this. I picked up my original Steam Controller the other day and forgot just how crazy loud that thing is.

Why were you using haptic vibrations on touchpads? I switched them off the moment I discovered I can, they are really annoying

• Native support for games - have it use the Xbox or PlayStation profile
• Don't require that abysmal Big Picture mode for remapping, custom layouts, etc.

Same here. I'm more worried about losing the USB Dongle.

Mine had slid off the footrest I had stupidly placed it on overnight and I didn't notice that so I sat down and jerked my computer chair forward, one wheel right into the controller. It's crazy how much it broke, one side cracked, including the PCB and both the bumber and trigger on that side got badly deformed.

RIP friend, you were the best.

I've bought 4 steam controllers. I use two, and have two in backup as I assumed they wouldn't make more, so u had to keep spares.

On mine (ca. 2016) all the rubber has degraded to a slimy goo.

I really liked it but it doesn't work as a controller on Android devices so it went for long periods of no use.

My Xbox Series X|S controllers however all have stick drift even though they're much newer

I have mine still, dongle too, but it started constantly dropping the connection to the Steam Deck and I can’t figure out why.

Maybe this is how it dies, not with a bang but with a whimper.

Or release a SteamOS image so I can install it on my gaming rig.

You have it - it’s the Steam Deck.

I agree. It would also be nice to use as a pc ala the mac mini.

I would commit some unspeakable acts if it meant Valve released a revised Steam Machine

That's a Steam Machine. The idea didn't take off because it's just a pre-built PC (and because they trusted other companies to do it for them). It's a highly competitive market with very low margins.

When they announced the Deck they did recommend one particular small box as a development machine as it matched the Deck's performance very closely. You might try looking for that. Although by now there are probably more powerful ones available for the same price.

I run steam deck with a dock but it's closer to a switch than ps5 I guess. For what I play on a 1080 tv, with Elden ring being my heaviest title, it works perfectly.

I can see how a steam box that would deliver 4k on high end games would be awesome as well.

As someone who has several mini PCs with HoloISO, I totally hope they put out an official box because I'll replace all of mine. I'll repurpose one of my current ones into something fun and give the others to some local nerd who wants to do nerd shit.

Duuuude

Once you switch the stick to a DPad and use both touchpad it really opens up

Probably just got a bad one tbh, I've had mine since 2015 and my wife still uses it almost every day (primarily for stardew valley) with zero issues. I sometimes use it on weekends so I know there's still no issues with it

Is that before or after Left 4 Dead 3?

I didn’t realize my Rift S was too close to my lenses for a while 🙃 so now I use my previous scratched glasses so my scratched lenses don’t mess up my regular glasses. Would definitely appreciate a headset that works with glasses!

And yet, my Steam Controller has outlasted 2 Dual Shocks