Steam Controller Demonstration

[crovv]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeAjkbNq4xI" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeAjkbNq4xI</a>

The trackpads look comfortable and usable, unlike most laptop versions. What do you guys think about it?

[Pillz]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeAjkbNq4xI" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeAjkbNq4xI</a>

The trackpads look comfortable and usable, unlike most laptop versions. What do you guys think about it?

So yeah, the way the bottom of the controller curves into your hands it props your thumbs up to hang above the touchpads like I thought. It looks really fluid and he didn't even have to use the buttons on the front at all really. Everything in Portal and the other PC games he plays works easily with the controller. I really want to get one and play ZPS with it for some reason haha

[crovv]

To add on to both of you, I think it'd just take a bit of getting used to. I agree that it seems fluid and comfortable, but if you look at the way he played CS:GO, it seemed a little trickier than using a mouse and keyboard. While this may be a step in the right direction, it seems like this new type of controller is definitely a step in a casual direction, playing on the couch rather than for playing racing games or certain FPS. Its like having a handheld mouse and keyboard, with a little less precision.

That's my two cents, anyway.

[Pillz]

To add on to both of you, I think it'd just take a bit of getting used to. I agree that it seems fluid and comfortable, but if you look at the way he played CS:GO, it seemed a little trickier than using a mouse and keyboard. While this may be a step in the right direction, it seems like this new type of controller is definitely a step in a casual direction, playing on the couch rather than for playing racing games or certain FPS. Its like having a handheld mouse and keyboard, with a little less precision.

That's my two cents, anyway.

Of course, like all new and unfamiliar technology (like an PS players first time on a Xbox or Wii controller) it will take time getting used to, but it looks simple enough to get used to quickly. It really helps that you'll be able to customize the controls before you even play too. I've played plenty of shooters on the consoles though and they kind of function the same with left stick being WSAD and right stick being view with mouse (kind of) so it shouldn't be too terrible.

My only complaint is it doesn't look zazzy enough. Where are the sparkles and light effects?

[Kountd0wn]

I was really skeptical when this was first announced, but it looks like they did a really good job with it.

[Old Crow]

Just valve living up to their expectations.

[Leetgrain]

It actually does look pretty damn good, when I first heard it, I was - like you all, skeptical, sounded pretty stupid, but this actually looks pretty cool.

[Kwaurtz]

How do I play street fighter on this?

[Old Crow]

How do I play street fighter on this?

That is the only problem. I don't think Valve will care too much though, because how many fighting games like SF have come out in the past decade? Yeah, just SF and Tekken v SF.

[Cortez (Mr. T. FOO!)]

How do I play street fighter on this?

That is the only problem. I don't think Valve will care too much though, because how many fighting games like SF have come out in the past decade? Yeah, just SF and Tekken v SF.

Street fighter has it's own controllers anyways, so why would it matter?

[Kwaurtz]

How do I play street fighter on this?

That is the only problem. I don't think Valve will care too much though, because how many fighting games like SF have come out in the past decade? Yeah, just SF and Tekken v SF.

Street fighter, King of Fighters XIII, The Naruto SUN games, Marvel vs Capcom 3. I don't know if you are really gonna argue this or not, but the fighting game genre is alive and doing just well. There was a 4k player tourney for them here in my city not to long ago, with stan lee giving the prizes for the marvel vs capcom winners.

[crovv]

How do I play street fighter on this?

That is the only problem. I don't think Valve will care too much though, because how many fighting games like SF have come out in the past decade? Yeah, just SF and Tekken v SF.

Street fighter, King of Fighters XIII, The Naruto SUN games, Marvel vs Capcom 3. I don't know if you are really gonna argue this or not, but the fighting game genre is alive and doing just well. There was a 4k player tourney for them here in my city not to long ago, with stan lee giving the prizes for the marvel vs capcom winners.

The issue with this is that whether or not the fighting genre is alive and well:

Street fighter has it's own controllers anyways, so why would it matter?

and when Valve is making a controller, they don't have fighting games in mind. They hardly ever promote fighting games unless they're on sale, and they personally don't make fighting games. They make games like TF2, L4D, and CS, HL and Portal; the only non-FPS in the list of their games is Portal, yet they promote more puzzle and strategy games on Steam.

[Leetgrain]

This would probably work well for PC FPS games, though, because controllers should never ever be used for PC FPS games, everything else is fine though. And that would be great for me.

[Finniespin]

I am really interested in the trackpads :s

[Pillz]

How do I play street fighter on this?

That is the only problem. I don't think Valve will care too much though, because how many fighting games like SF have come out in the past decade? Yeah, just SF and Tekken v SF.

Street fighter, King of Fighters XIII, The Naruto SUN games, Marvel vs Capcom 3. I don't know if you are really gonna argue this or not, but the fighting game genre is alive and doing just well. There was a 4k player tourney for them here in my city not to long ago, with stan lee giving the prizes for the marvel vs capcom winners.

What, you can't bind movement to the left touchpad and attacks to the right touchpad? Seems easy enough to me, or have some attacks be on the track pad and others be binded to the trigger buttons.

It's not the same but I can envision myself playing Soul Calibur on a controller like this.