Steam Controller

[P3rs3s]

What are y'all's opinions on the controller?

[Private Drips]

I'm really excited about the Steam Controller. I'm imagineing all the games I can now play with a gamepad easily. I'm a huge fan of simulation games but mapping a gamepads sticks to mouse has never had the right feeling. This looks like it's going to solve that problem. With the announcment of Galciv 3 I'm really stoked.
I also really enjoy FPS games and prefer useing a gamepad but in a multiplayer environment you just can't compete with the accuracy of a mouse. I'm looking forward to trying some of the Battlefield titles and Planetside 2 with the steam controller. I'm hopeful that I'll have an enjoyable experience.

[Fan]

i prefer a keyboard and mice

[Ruken Ultor]

I only use a mouse because it makes aiming feel easier, I hate the one speed fits all WASD movement however. If this controller can do moving like a controller but aiming ease of use like a mouse I am sold. I personally dont mind trackpads, I just turn the sensitivity up so just moving my finger across the pad moves the cursor to the other end of the screen.My only concern is how the other buttons are placed.

[yoshii1]

I think it is an interesting concept. Along with the new Steam OS (which if i could beta test id love it). I would like to see both FPS and Strategy Games like Sins of a Solar Empire and the hardest game that i play constantly, Star Trek Online on the controller and Steam OS.

[Ulfrinn]

someone said on an early page that it requires dumbing down to map something to a controller and im gonig to say thats a load of crap.. because taking every single function of a game and just slapping it to a keyboard with no ingenuity, very little intuitiveness, heck even sometimes having a different buton to crouch as needed to stand up is more "dumbing down" than simply using a more intuitive, simpler interface and that doesnt require dumbing anything down

ill give an example, i have EVERY SINGLE FUNCTION of arma 3 mapped to a playstation 3 controller.. every function is on there in a very easy to use way, for example, switching weapons, changing grenades, changing optics is all done by pressing the reload button and using the d-pad to switch weapons, change weapons, switch grenades, etc.. another button brings up all the stance modifier commands and one used for squad commands

it requires more thought, more effort, more ingenuity, to put together a good controller scheme and when its all said and done i can access ALL functions without moving my hands

as for the touchpads on the steam controller, i cant say how ill feel about them, i use thumbsticks just fine so there will have to be something significant with these touchpads.. they cant feel too foreign or i probably wont like it and get a PS4 dualshock 4 controller instead

[Oathsworn]

I don't suppose anyone has heard any rumors of what it'll cost? From what I can tell it doesn't seem all that revolutionary over other controllers, so the price is the main concern for me.

[Ulfrinn]

Phantom님이 먼저 게시:

I don't suppose anyone has heard any rumors of what it'll cost? From what I can tell it doesn't seem all that revolutionary over other controllers, so the price is the main concern for me.

thats exactly how i feel.. as stated earlier, im quite used to thumbsticks, thumbsticks work quite well and im not sure how the symmetrical layout of face buttons will work either because for just about anything outside of first person shooters the right thumbstick does little more than just change camera angles while the buttons become more important for the right hand, so there are good reasons why i might not like it

for me the touchpads will need to have some kind of significant improvement, and theres not even a noticable improvement if i switch to mouse, so i doubt the touchpads will offer much of one... so this price has to be sub-$40 or im upgrading to a PS4 controller instead.. the gryos, accelerometers and light sensor can be mapped for other controls, i believe it still has pressure sensitive buttons, and the touchpad on that would probably be better for mouse games than the much smaller touchpads on the steam controller

[Absent_ape]

I can't wait!!!

[Mr Moopsy]

Is it better than mouse+keyboard? Doubt it.
Is it better than wheel and pedals? More than likely not.
Suitable replacement for my flightstick/hotas and rudder pedals? Again...Highly unlikely....

I dont see what it adds to the gaming experience so why should I get one?

None of my current gear could be/needs to be replaced by this.
To be honest, I dont see a huge advantage from using a 360 or ps4 controller to this. I might be so inclined to say my wii controller still offers more than this does.

TLDR:
Not seeing this as a device I want. Offers nothing I deem useful.
Steam advertising must be doing a bad job because I usually want all the newest gadgets/HID's to play my games with.

You say steam controller...I say its just another 360/ps4 controller.

I dont need more of those.

[Ulfrinn]

Mr Moopsy님이 먼저 게시:

Is it better than mouse+keyboard? Doubt it.
Is it better than wheel and pedals? More than likely not.
Suitable replacement for my flightstick/hotas and rudder pedals? Again...Highly unlikely....

I dont see what it adds to the gaming experience so why should I get one?

None of my current gear could be/needs to be replaced by this.
To be honest, I dont see a huge advantage from using a 360 or ps4 controller to this. I might be so inclined to say my wii controller still offers more than this does.

TLDR:
Not seeing this as a device I want. Offers nothing I deem useful.
Steam advertising must be doing a bad job because I usually want all the newest gadgets/HID's to play my games with.

You say steam controller...I say its just another 360/ps4 controller.

I dont need more of those.

its worse than that.. keyboard/mouse users dont want it because, well, theyre used to keyboard and mouse, why would they want a controller? why would they want to learn an all new interface that wont add anything?

then look at people like me, im a controller user, former console player.. my right thumb is just as accurate using a thumbstick as i would using a mouse (actually, i find im more accurate with the thumbstick).. so what are these touchpads going to do for me? what will they bring to the table a smaller thumbstick wont?.. simple, nothing

theyve managed to create a controller that will be quite foreign to BOTH keyboard/mouse users AND controller users, and with the xbox one and PS4 controllers being so easy to install, i cant imagine they will sell much of these.. especially when they eliminated their best feature.. that touchpad/screen they were going to add that would have allowed games to customize new buttons or other functions to that screen, show menus, sliders for different controls.. plus the face buttons swapped with the touchpad... really? so now your thumb has to cross all other buttons just to reach the most commonly used A button?

epic failure on steams behalf