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Valve show the Steam Controller being built, and future software updates

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The Steam Controller excites me, you all know that, and their plans for it sound great! They also showed a really cool video of it being built.

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Pretty awesome video really!

As for the software, being able to take your selected configs with you sounds like a fantastic idea.

Another good thing they are planning is to actually allow some configuration of it for desktop use, with an on-screen keyboard. They specifically mentioned people using it for a media PC, so it's good to see them taking in feedback on how people are using it. That's going to be pretty awesome, but what I really want is the ability to have it fully useful in desktop mode as well as big picture mode, but it sounds like this is a step in that direction.

You will also be able to select and share community configs for non-Steam games soon too, and that's fantastic. So, games you buy on GOG and other stores could be run through Steam, and you could pick an already fine tuned config for it.

See their full update about it here. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Eike Dec 11, 2015
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minj Dec 11, 2015
They did not skimp on the PR costs either it seems :D
Linas Dec 11, 2015
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Quoting: EikeAperture. :D

I think I will sign up for their testing initiative. Seems legit.
GustyGhost Dec 11, 2015
Reconstructing More Science was the perfect score to accompany this video.
ElectricPrism Dec 12, 2015
"You will also be able to select and share community configs for non-Steam games soon too"

Well, hot dog.
Segata Sanshiro Dec 12, 2015
Quoting: AnxiousInfusionReconstructing More Science was the perfect score to accompany this video.

I think Iggy Pop's "Mass Production" from The Idiot :D

Also, love watching videos of things being mass produced. So dystopian, so cool.
Cybolic Dec 12, 2015
QuoteAnother good thing they are planning is to actually allow some configuration of it for desktop use, with an on-screen keyboard. They specifically mentioned people using it for a media PC

Well, the on-screen keyboard already works in desktop mode (press the stick) and I think the media controls buttons on the key select screen are new, so it's pretty much here already :D

Better config sharing and community configs for non-Steam games is awesome; access to a joined pool of all your configs would be great as well, so one can have, for example, the same config for all one's FPS games.
mao_dze_dun Dec 12, 2015
Quoting: ElectricPrism"You will also be able to select and share community configs for non-Steam games soon too"

Well, hot dog.

Actually you can do that now, as well, but it's a bit of a fiddle: http://www.steamcontrollerdb.com/
MayeulC Dec 12, 2015
Quoting: EikeAperture. :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCgnWqoP4MM#t=13

Just wait until one of these asks for neurotoxin :)


Last edited by MayeulC on 13 December 2015 at 12:27 am UTC
burnall Dec 12, 2015
Nice robots.


Last edited by burnall on 12 December 2015 at 1:10 pm UTC
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