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Valve Announces New Steam Machine, Steam Controller & Steam Frame (lemmy.world)
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Phoronix article: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Machines-Frame-2026

Also listed here: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/hardware

Valve has already sent support for the new Steam Controller upstream: https://www.phoronix.com/news/New-Steam-Controller-SDL

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[–] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I want the Steam controller to succeed but why do they make it look like it's from the 1980s

[–] tal@lemmy.today 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

What controller from the 1980s looked anything like the Steam Controller?

I mean, the Sega Genesis controller was mostly black and had face buttons and a D-pad and was around in the late 1980s, but that's about as close as I can think of, and that'a not much by way of similarity.

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[–] Minnels@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago

Because form and function is not the same thing. I don't look at the controller while playing just like I dont give a damn how my keyboard look as long as it feels good and does what it is supposed to do.