Steam's New Controller

[Duper]

Console gaming never looked "sexier".

Linky!

Great info there. Too bad I don't like controllers. This one looks tempting!

[Top Gun]

I'm not sure how it'll work in practice, but I'd like to get my hands on one and see for myself.

[Isaac]

Just an fyi to those that don't know: Steam OS lets you use any controller you want, so the controller isn't required.

How you know if your controller will work: does it exist? Yes: it will work. No: It will work when it does exists

[Tunnelcat]

The Holodeck. The best solution and totally immersive.

[Duper]

Just an fyi to those that don't know: Steam OS lets you use any controller you want, so the controller isn't required.

How you know if your controller will work: does it exist? Yes: it will work. No: It will work when it does exists

Thanks Isaac. Guess I should have mentioned that. ^_^

TopG. Here's a link to someone that actually got to use the controller. He was one of the Devs on Super Meat Boy: Clik!

Pretty good read. It's not all flowers and sunshine either.

[Top Gun]

If that's the guy who was responsible for the passive-aggressive "don't play this with a keyboard!" nonsense in the SMB menus, I'm not sure I want to listen to him. But srsly, that sounds rather promising. Definitely some room for improvement, but the fact that a dev in the same room was able to make a quick firmware patch that corrected some undesired behavior was actually really cool.

[Duper]

I have large hands and loved the original Xbox controller ..you know... the one everyone hated...

This one is pretty big too. They would do well to offer a smaller version for folks with smaller hands (imho).

[Top Gun]

I have fairly small hands myself, so I'd definitely appreciate that. The one joystick I own, a Saitek Cyborg Evo, has an adjustable wrist-rest, but even at its highest setting, it's too far down for me to reach the upper buttons if I actually stick my wrist on it.