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Valve's £85 Steam Controller divides gamers ahead of May launch (www.bbc.com)
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[–] ericwdhs@discuss.online 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I love the look personally, but I've seen people call the Steam Deck ugly, and I don't understand that either.

In any case, I have the original Steam Controller, Deck, Index headset, and Index controllers, and all have amazing ergonomics. All the video reviewers I trust to not shill for Valve have had minor complaints at worst too.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Anyone you recommend? I have the OG controller and a deck, so I'm not against the design, it just doesn't look good to me on first look. But, like I said in another comment, it could just be a small hand model, or maybe even a bad angle

[–] ericwdhs@discuss.online 6 points 4 days ago

Gamers Nexus is pretty much always good and has both review and teardown videos.

I also trust Skill Up's video due to him covering a lot of the features relevant to Steam Input that most other reviews missed. You can really tell when a reviewer hasn't done much experimenting with the gyro or configuring in general. You'll also see what the controller looks like in very large hands. Lol.

I watched probably about twenty reviews and commentaries, and the rest just kind of blend together in saying most of the same stuff.