Looked up how much I payed for the OG steam controller.
Placed my order for the new one yesterday and I was curious. I bought the old one for 35 bucks at a discount. They must have had surplus stock in 2016 lol.
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Submitted 5 hours ago by Elting@piefed.social to steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
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bigbangdangler@reddthat.com 3 hours ago
I bought my first one for whatever full price was.
When they went on deep discount ($5), I was lucky enough to snag 2 more as replacements. But to date, the first one has held up.
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 4 hours ago
I bought mine as part of a bundle with the game ICEY for $8.
TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 5 hours ago
At one point towards the end of the OG steam controller’s availability you could buy it for $5 :3
Elting@piefed.social 5 hours ago
They really did not market this thing half as well as their new one. I wonder if the lackluster demand of the past misinformed their expectations for the launch. It was also kinda cheap, it still works but the thumb pad long since disintegrated and the paddle flaps are gummy and the plastic feels brittle.
Chronographs@lemmy.zip 5 hours ago
It was also much less appealing with the touchpads replacing a thumbstick and dpad, instead of being in addition to them.
mrmaplebar@fedia.io 2 hours ago
The heavily touchpad based design was also just more radical than people were willing to accept. It forced you to adapt to a totally different control paradigm, and took a lot of time to get used to. I liked mine, but I can see why people may have bounced off of it pretty hard.
TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 5 hours ago
I think there’s a lot of factors for the lackluster performance of the OG steam controller, ranging from the build quality, to the unconventional/niche layout, and the lack of knowledge/maturity for systems like steam input
Given how many factors have changed from 2015 I think valve should have expected the sales numbers to be a lot higher than they did :3
Prove_your_argument@piefed.social 4 hours ago
I don’t think marketing was the problem, the lack of joysticks was a problem though for many.
PC gaming/Steam seems to be a lot more popular today than it was in 2015. Back then we didn’t have the scalper problem as bad as we have now either. Everybody I knew back then was using an xbox 360 wired controller, which I still think was one of the best controllers ever.
Now that every game page on steam shows controller support and the deck exists we’ve had a ton of focus on good or at least mostly functional controller controls in loads of games which never would have had it in the past.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 4 hours ago
Kinda wish I got several back then. I had 1 already though. Still got it too. Now mostly use 8bitdo controllers as I mostly use them for coop games and it’s easier to use the same type of controller.