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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[–] 6 points 4 months ago (1 child)

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.

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 4 months ago*

    So many people seem turned off by the lack of the second stick, but I always hated looking around with a right stick anyways lol. The trackpads were not by any means as good as using a mouse, but I found them more useable in most situations than a second stick. Also I have a tendency towards platformers which don't even utilize more than one.

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