The leaked review also lists several controller features. These include dual trackpads, magnetic TMR or Hall effect thumbsticks, HD rumble and four back buttons. The controller is also said to use a wireless dongle that doubles as a magnetic charging puck.
We don’t need the “leaked” video for that. These are officially confirmed features of the controller, with a video and web page dedicated to the controller by Valve.
But leaks get clicks tho
Yes, THEY do need leaks, not WE. :-)
I like my original steam controller but that is a lot. I need some more cheap controllers tbh for co-op games like overcooked. Also need more good local co-op games because it isn’t something I have really bought much of before as I always play on my own or online. But if my partner has friends over we only have my PC.
8bitdo lite 2 was my solution for a 4th co op controller.
However it looks like it’s 40% more expensive than when I bought it in 24… maybe scratch that advice.
https://anbernic.com/products/rg-p01
I have two of these and they’re pretty nice. The battery isn’t great and that’s the worst thing about them.
Touch pads and back buttons. I don’t have any gamepads with this many buttons. Once I get one I’ll try less gamepad friendly games with community layouts
Still worth it to me. I love the idea of playing Civ 5 on my couch with this controller like I do with Deck.
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$40 more than I’d personally pay for it, imagine buying controllers for the family or for your home setup and choosing these and having to pay $400 for just 4 of them. Too gougy for me. 8bitdo at least is reasonably priced and who knows if/when there will be clones.
This is a complete tangent, but can anyone identify the software / platform that website is using? Is it just a WP theme?
Edit: Thanks ya’ll for the replies
I did a websearch with
wordpress site:videocardz.comand found following:- https://videocardz.com/wp-content/plugins/simple-tags/readme.txt
- https://videocardz.com/wp-content/plugins/wordfence/readme.txt
- https://videocardz.com/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/readme.txt
I guess this is proof they are using Wordpress.
$70-80 felt reasonable. $100 is a steep ask.
Oh no, I can’t believe that. 100 Dollars is a lot of money for a gamepad, even though it is exactly what I was waiting (and hoping) for years. I thought it would cost 70, and was ready for 80 if neccessary. I said 90 would be the maximum limits… Oh no, do I have to break my word? Man 100 is tough. Maybe it will cost 90 Euros… maybe I don’t have to break my word…
It is if you compare it to a regular controller, but from what it offers - touchpads, back buttons, hall effect sticks, gyro, full remappability etc - it’s more comparable to something like the PS5 Edge and those are almost twice the cost.
There are controllers that offer almost all off this such as hall effects, back buttons, gyro, full remappability, even including a dock and a builtin memory to save settings, just without the touchpads. In example the 8BitDo Ultimate 2 Wireless Controller and it costs only $55.99. I am not saying it is fully equivalent (clearly it isn’t, as touchpads are missing and a few little features off course).
If you don’t care about the back buttons, the Ultimate 2C is $29 and has Hall Effect joysticks.
That’s not the only difference. The non C version has TMR over Hall Effect, which is better (although I doubt it is noticeable in daily life). It also has gyro, which was one of the main selling points to me at that time and it can be configured with their newest iteration of software (although I had to do this in a virtual machine as it does not support Linux). And the non C version comes with a Dock too. Just wanted say that, because someone might want to buy in order save money (huge difference!), but it should be an informed decision.
There is a chart showing which of the 3 models support features. I remember it was hugely confusing when I purchased it: https://www.8bitdo.com/ultimate-2-wireless-controller/
Good point. Is the gyro working on Linux? Last I heard it didn’t work with the 2.4ghz dongle and only with Bluetooth.
I have the Ulmate 2 Wireless (using 2.4ghz), which is different from 2.4ghz named variant, and the Bluetooth variant. I don’t know why they are making it this complicated. Unfortunately there is a huge problem with this, and its not the hardware but from software side. I think it works on Linux, but…
The controller has multiple modes. The Xbox mode is the default one and behaves like a Xbox controller. That means in this mode no gyro is available. To activate gyro, we have to be in Switch mode, which on the other side deactivates analog triggers (I think). And in the Switch mode off course the programs and applications do not see it as an Xbox controller and activate different options and modes (I suppose, because I do not use that mode).
In the end, I do not want to deal with the different modes and use it in Xbox only. That means I don’t use one of the main functionalities I purchased the controller for. Other than that, its basically a better version of my previous Xbox 360 / One S / Series S controllers. I didn’t want bring up this issue, because it was not really relevant to the price point I was making, as this is a software logic / development issue. Besides this one issue, I am actually happy about the controller and use it on Steam and for emulators in general on Linux. Just without gyro…
I have the same controller. With newer firmware, if you hold B while turning it on, it starts in D-Input mode instead of X-Input or Switch. That should enable analog triggers and gyro at the same time.
