Comment on Valve is so behind on Steam Controller orders that some won’t ship until 2027
FryHyde@lemmy.zip 3 days agoIt’s a hyped-up piece of videogame hardware. I’m gonna guess half the sales were to scalpers planning to immediately resell at twice the price.
auzy1@lemmy.world 3 days ago
It’s hyped because of the touchpads. And hall effect sticks
That’s why I got it. Sold the dual shock, and Hoping to sell my Xbox controller too
FryHyde@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Yeah it does seem nice, and I didn’t say it’s OVERhyped. Just saying scalpers are always a big part of stuff like this.
auzy1@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Yeah. They probably are a factor too
I’m lucky that my brother managed to get a steam controller, but realised he didn’t really need it, so instead of waiting until 2027, I got one of the first batches
There’s gonna be a lot of people selling their Xbox and other controllers though soon
Rooster326@programming.dev 3 days ago
Almost every third party controller these days uses Hall effect or TMR.
It’s hyped because it’s sTeAm and scalpers.
I sweat they do this limited inventory on purpose for the news coverage
auzy1@lemmy.world 2 days ago
There’s no other controllers with touchpad .
That’s why people want it. I looked extensibly… I’m used to gaming on keyboard or mouse so I figured I’m better on touchpad than sticks
And why would they need the press coverage into 2027? Id expect they’d prefer sales, where the money could be used for marketing.They already have products like steam frame which will generate media attention later this year