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Valve Steam Controller Review | Latency Benchmarks, Battery Life, Repairability - Gamers Nexus (www.youtube.com)

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[–] warm@kbin.earth 12 points 6 months ago (5 children)

You could ask Steam support for a replacement puck. I think they will offer them separately if demand is high enough.

The biggest problem is apparently it doesnt support basic xinput and requires Steam to function. Hoping a firmware update fixes that.

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[+] verdi@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

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[–] warm@kbin.earth 3 points 6 months ago

Not being recognised as a generic controller on devices is not a blessing. It's restrictive and is this controllers biggest downside.

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[–] artyom@piefed.social 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

Wish I could order it without the stupid puck!

And I wish the batteries were easier to swap!

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[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 2 points 6 months ago

There's people in this thread that want a second puck, so if you don't need yours, someone would probably buy it off of you.

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[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I don't see the problem.

Just leave it attached to the controller that's moving between devices, the connection to the puck is USB-C so it's not like you're moving a bunch of cable and the magnetic attachment is strong enough to not worry about it falling off.

On the other hand, If they have a Steam controller and their GF also has one then they'd have 2 pucks.

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