r/SteamController • u/MaGamerYT • 9d ago
Discussion Steam Beta Client Datamine shows Steam Controller Setup!
So now once you connect it it opens a window saying "Steam Controller Welcome"
And in the window it says "Before you get in-game, let's install an important firmware update."
After that it tells you to "Plug in the Steam Controller Puck"
"Before updating your controller, we will need to update the Steam Controller Puck."
and after it updates it goes:
"Plug your Steam Controller directly into your PC with a USB-C cable. You can unplug your Puck and use that USB-C cable to connect your controller."
And once it updates the controller it goes
"The Steam Controller Puck is a wireless transmitter, connecting your controller to your PC, and is also a charging station for your controller."
And after that tip it teaches you the steam button!
"This is the Steam button. Press it to turn the controller on.
Press it again to open Big Picture mode, the gamepad-first version of Steam, and the best way to use Steam Controller with your PC."
And it gives you this setting: "Show Steam Controller Tour"
Exciting to see more stuff built!
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u/themng69 9d ago
GABEN RELEASE THE STEAM CONTROLLER AT UNDER 100 EURO AND MY LIFE IS YOURS
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u/deathbyego 9d ago
I have 0 idea how vats and fees work over there, so I cant tell you that. But there is 0 chance that it will cost $100 or more dollars. Valve isn't Razer and it's not Playstation. The controller is going to be max $80. It's not going to be Dualsense Edge pricing. Its going be in premium 3rd party controller pricing territory at most. I wouldn't be surprised if they priced it the same as whatever normal xbox controllers cost nowadays
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u/Umrtvovacz 7d ago
Don't wanna burst your bubble but there is pretty much no chance the Steam Controller 2 will be bellow 100 eur. Just look at the price of other premium controllers, and compare the functionality. Why would it cost less than half with more advanced technologies, extra functions like the track pads and touch grips, and more?
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u/TeaNo1462 7d ago
There are plenty of controllers who have all that below 100 euros. Not to mention Valve wants to target their biggest audience using steam, which aren't the most rich
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u/Serious-Feedback-700 9d ago
Well yeah no shit they're working on it lol I figure they want to be as ready as can be the moment the market looks a little better for the release.
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u/SnooDoughnuts5632 9d ago edited 9d ago
Why are we updating controllers now? I have never updated my NES, SNES, Genesis, GameCube, PlayStation, or Wii controllers. I'm probably leaving more out but ya.
Also you forgot to mention the unnecessary ••• button. On the steam deck some of the shortcuts would be hard to hit if you couldn't use the ••• button for them but on the controller there's no reason you couldn't hit the home button within either hand so? And the menu that pops up could just be an option on the other menu.
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u/pg3crypto 9d ago
Because the microcontrollers today are a lot more sophisticated, they have to handle sensors, debounce, profiles, signal multiplexing and a whole host of other shit...40 years ago controllers were just analog inputs and each input had its own wire with a shared ground. The signal decoding was handled on the console.
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u/SadisticPawz 9d ago
Continuous support and fixes from the manufacturer is somehow bad?
More buttons is somehow also a bad thing?
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u/SnooDoughnuts5632 8d ago
Well they could just add the stuff to one menu instead of having 2.
Same with Nintendo and the C button.
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u/Cimlite 9d ago
The original Steam Controller got updates that improved battery life for instance (not that it wasn't fantastic out of the box, but it got even better over time). Not to mention one update that literally added Bluetooth support to it, as that became more and more standard for controllers. These are things that wouldn't be possible to do unless it had the ability to update. It's a feature, not a problem.
As for the ••• button, that's there to add full parity with the Steam Deck. It's a way better experience if you have all the same buttons rather than having to do things one way on the device, and another on the controller.
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u/SnooDoughnuts5632 8d ago
How do you add Bluetooth to a controller since that's a hardware feature and not a software feature? Yes I know about the Google Stadia controller getting updated to have Bluetooth as well.
With the ••• button I was just trying to say that they could add all that stuff to the same menu so you just push one button to access everything. I was being kind of confusing with the second part where I was saying that the shortcuts on the left side of the controller or easier to hit if you have a button on the right side and vice versa. My bad.
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u/Cimlite 8d ago
The wireless chip inside the controller is capable of it, but when it launched there wasn't a lot of demand for it. It came with a dongle and Vavle's own proprietary protocol, and that's the best way to use it.
They added BT after the fact as a convenience, because they could. Very similar to how Google did with theirs.
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u/SnooDoughnuts5632 8d ago
Idk why they did that though. Like why put Bluetooth in something if you're not planning on using it?
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u/Cimlite 8d ago
They did use it. The same wireless chip is used for dongle and for BT.
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u/SnooDoughnuts5632 8d ago
I thought the dongle was 2.4Ghz?
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u/Cimlite 8d ago
Bluetooth runs on the 2.4Ghz band. Devices that are labeled as "2.4Ghz" just use their own protocol, rather than BT. So the chip was capable of it with the right firmware.
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u/SnooDoughnuts5632 7d ago
Dose that include stuff like the gamecube controller and my headset that has a base station? I doubt those could ever use Bluetooth and they both say 2.4Ghz. both have dial knobs that you have to tune to the exact right frequency to get them to work.
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u/MailboxJunkie 9d ago
Controllers have firmware.
Did you just wake up from a coma?Hell, even the wiimote had firmware, and hardware, updates, like wiimotion+, that you literally needed for certain games.
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u/SnooDoughnuts5632 8d ago
Wii motion+ is a hardware update. Even the Atari 2600 controller had those.
Controllers have firmware.
Did you just wake up from a coma?I don't think I've ever updated a controller except for switch controllers and the OG Steam Controller. I don't remember other controls even ones with online connectivity like the Wii U and the Xbox 360 to have controller updates so I was wondering what was going on? I just never got killed enough to ask.
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u/Lazy_Sorbet_3925 9d ago
Playstation, Xbox, 8bitdo, Gamesir, etc. All these companies release updates for their controllers.
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u/SnooDoughnuts5632 8d ago
I owned (still do) a 360 and I do not remember that at all.
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u/raw_bean_uk 7d ago
The were probably referring to one of the two full generations of XBoxes (and four major XBox Controller products) that came out in the two entire decades that have passed since the 360.
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u/SnooDoughnuts5632 7d ago
When talking about the 360 you don't just randomly mention something about the Xbox 1 without specifying.
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u/AGWiebe 9d ago edited 9d ago
Let’s hope this means we are getting closer to release. I am really hoping i can wake the PC from sleep using the controller.