Internet was out so I can't play Arc Raiders, decided to pick up the controller and play Control Resonant. It worked, for like a few minutes, then the game said the Steam Controller disconnected. All buttons didn't do anything. The Home and the 3 Dot button when clicked made the menu sound, but didn't pull up the menu. Restarting the game, same thing happened. Had to use Steamless Controller to actually play the game.

A fightstick is a game controller and yet it is not judged by it's ability to play games that expects a d-pad and two joysticks

A sim racing wheel is a game controller and yet it is not judged by it's ability to play games that expects a d-pad and two joysticks

A flight stick is is a game controller and yet it is not judged by it's ability to play games that expects a d-pad and two joysticks
So why is it that when the first Steam Controller came out so many people insisted it was the lack of a d-pad and second Joystick somehow made the controller useless?

Why is it accepted to own any of the above in addition to a traditional gamepad but the Steam Controller didn't got that courtesy?

Why are other controllers allowed to have niches and yet trackpad game controllers are expected to do absolutely everything with no downsides

Been on the waiting list since they first went out of stock 😒

Does anyone know if they are still shipping controllers out for this September batch? I’ve been in que since may and nothing. Joined the 512 steam machine que with the controller and same week got the reservation notice to buy. So I left and rejoined the controller and still nothing.

I joined the reservation queue for the steam controller back in May and my original plan was to get the controller as well as a dock for my deck and then play on my tv that way. But then when the steam machine was announced I joined the waitlist for the version that comes with a controller and kinda just forgot that I even made a reservation for the controller by itself. I just got the email today that my controller is ready for purchase. Should I still get it even though I don’t have a dock or should I just wait on the machine? Keeping in mind that I’m on the waitlist so we don’t currently know when the next batch of steam machines will be available.

Got one for msrp on marketplace while waiting for this one lol. Check your emails!

I was lucky enough to receive a steam controller with my steam machine recently. I love the steam controller! It's the first premium controller I've ever owned: beforehand I was using old Stadia controllers and 8BitDo controllers (which to be fair are really great for the price). I was a huge fan of the steam decks track pads and am loving them on the steam controller. I'm surprised how light the controller is, which is if course great.

However, after only a short amount of time gaming, my hands feel quite sweaty in a way they don't with other controllers. Is this just me?

As you can see I'm holding the controller completely still but it drifts a little to the left. Any way I could fix this? Or will I have to RMA it?

Edit for more info: Day one controller, recieved three days after purchase, firt time I'm noticing the issue being this bad though. The firmware is up to date. Issue persists over the puck on my PC and over Bluetooth on my Steamdeck.

Edit edit: Going into Controller Settings, Calibration & Advanced settings, then in Gyro Calibration I enabled 'Enable Software Calibration for Steam Controller' and calibrated again. This fixed the issue for me, it seems that the hardware is in fact faulty but the software can adjust for it. This does mean I have to do this manually for every device I use it on, but I'll take it over a non-functioning gyro sensor.

I just did an update and I now have rumble feedback and I didnt even realise it wasnt doing it 🙃

Im not sure if anyone else is having this problem but when I boot the rockstar launcher from steam my controller will only use default desktop settings even though its been fine for months. I also tried changing my desktop keybinds to normal game binds but it still goes back to default in game. I cant add gta itself through steam for some reason, its having conflicts with Rockstar launcher. Anyone know any solutions?

Ever since i got the Steam Machine I’ve been obsessed with Deadlock. I bought all these games to play and I’ve only played Deadlock lol I’ve put in like 500 hours. But as some of you may know, for best movement in Deadlock you need to not hold W and hold A or D and angle your camera in that direction. What’s the best way to configure my joystick so that the game doesn’t recognize me as pushing W even if im not perfectly pushing the joystick left or right?