The Steam Machine and Steam Frame are probably delayed, but they still intend to release them in the first half of this year.
They said they planned to have a concrete launch window and pricing by now, but hardware pricing/shortages have made that hard to pin down.
FUCK. SAM. ALTMAN.
I’d rather not
Sorry, but what has Sam Altman anything to do with this announcement or set of information by VALVE?
Sam Altman is OpenAi. OpenAi is. ChatGPT. ChatGPT is “ai”. “ai” has caused a massive shortage of consumer hardware and a massive increase in price. Consumer hardware is what would be used in the upcoming SteamCube.
So, that’s how.
He is not just any AI guy. He specifically bought out 40% (!) of the memory production of the entire world (!!), which is the direct cause of the chip shortage and skyrocketing price.
And not because his company has a specific need for it, but specifically as a market denial tactic. It turns out, if you have no meaningful way to make your product useful, but also have more money than god, you can just disrupt global supply chains until your competitors can’t compete and your unwilling market is captured.
I believe people should be nothing short of eaten for this.
There goes my hope that they had some rock solid contracts for many years of ram in place before prices were stupid.
I just want my Steam Controller 😭
Well, maybe I bite the bullet with the Frame later on.
I honestly wish they’d just release the controller sooner rather than later. I can somewhat understand delaying the Machine and Frame due to the supply shortages, but if the controller is ready then they should just put it out there.
I feel the same way. They must be adamant that they need to all launch at the same time or something. I think they should just release the controller ASAP, but they probably have a logistical reason not to.
they just wanted to release 3 things at once. and once again valve fails at 3 :(
Third time’s the charm. Oh wait…
Same here. My current Steam Controller is on its last leg and I’ve spent like 1000 hours on it.
I purchased mine for full price too. Unfortunately I do not like it for various reasons. Missing dpad and second stick, and holding it is a bit uncomfortable to my hands. And at the early days Steam Input wasn’t this refined. But I loved using it to play with gyro controls. But will keep it, its history. :-)
The new controller is based on the Steam Deck controls and vastly superior to me (if we assume its like that). I can’t imagine you don’t liking it as much as the old controller.
Steam Controller really comes into it’s own when you rely on both touchpads.
I usually map the left joystick to the left touchpad on touch, and if I need options for the D-pad map them to the joysticks instead or even touchpad 4 button click.
For side scrolling platformers I just map the D Pad to the left touchpad on touch, and ABXY to the right touchpad on touch.
I could not for the life of me get used to using the left pad mapped as a stick, and d-pad stuff on the stick just felt wrong. Still loved the controller, though.
Can I play non steam games with the Steam Controller? The controller can work with any game compatible with the Steam Overlay.
Just… Say no. I appreciate they answered the very next question I would have asked, but answer the question that you added to your own FAQ. Maybe it’s my autism nitpicking but this really gets under my skin.
