Steam Controller Re:view

Kat · February 21, 2017, 10:16pm

I made this a while ago.

Steam Controller: Does it Suck? [Review] - 1 Month Challenge (Completed) Other Hardware

Enter the Steam Controller Valve's Monstrosity of a Controller for "The Living Room". [image] This controller is one weird anomaly I must say, coming from a former console players persepective who has been a PC gamer for about 3 and a half years now. and yes I must say, THIS IS ONE WEIRD LAYOUT FOR A BLOODY CONTROLLER. It has Two Touchpads - One to Replicate the D-pad on the left, and One to Replicate an analog stick on the right. X, A, Y, B button where the analog stick is normally at on other controllers. A Select and Start button L bumber and Left Trigger Button, Right Bumper and Right Trigger button, 2 Secondary Buttons on the back of the controller, similar to "MLG or pro gaming controllers". Everything that comes in the box. [image] Steam Controller 2 AA Batteries. Steam Dongle MicroUSB to USB wire Dongle Extender with a Micro USB port. Now what separates the steam controller from every other controller on the market. is the controller is highly customizable. customizable in the sense that you can map out any button you wish. [image] And you can even load up community made layouts directly from steam if you wish to try out others preferred button mapping layouts. which is pretty nice. if you don't like a certain layout, I can send you the layout I use and you can install it with the click of a button. (X) button to be exact. and you can even control the haptic feedback on the controller. which both touchpads have. it almost feels like an actual button even though it's not. also you can control the desktop entirely from the controller which is a nice additon, and you can customize the button mapping as well if you don't like the standard button mapping to control the desktop. Now once you install the dongle on Windows 10, and the batteries Steam will automatically notify you to install the latest firmware. it should take a minute. once that's done you're ready to go. SECONDARY NOTE (AND I WILL UPDATE THIS THREAD) On Linux, the St…