After
nearly two years of waiting, Valve has finally lifted the curtain on the final
version of the Steam Controller.
With
one-to-one positioning, the controller can "virtualize familiar controls,
like a trackball, a mouse, or a scroll wheel," providing a degree of
precision that controllers generally aren't known for,
according to Valve. The
triggers are dual-stage, with a digital switch at the end of an analog pull,
and there are also grip buttons, so your ring and pinkie fingers can get in on
the fun too. Typing with the controller in Steam Big Picture has been made less
of a hassle, says Valve, and control setups can be customized on a
per-game basis.
We
tried the new version at GDC 2015 and it certainly felt like an improvement
over the
prototype Evan tried last year. Some controllers will ship
early in October, and it sounds like the rest will start going out
sometime in November or December. "A limited quantity of orders will
be shipped October 16th, weeks in advance of our official launch," Valve
wrote. "Pre-order now and be among Steam Hardware’s first wave of
users."
You
can get a closer look at the Steam Controller on its store page,
where pre-purchases are available for $50/£40 in the US and UK. They
don't seem to be available for purchase through Steam in Canada or
Australia yet. The Steam Link, a device for streaming
games from your PC to your TV over your home network, is also on sale for the
same price.
Source : PC Gamer
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