this post was submitted on 14 Apr 2026
483 points (99.6% liked)

Steam Hardware

21795 readers
292 users here now

A place to discuss and support all Steam Hardware, including Steam Deck, Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and SteamOS in general.

As Lemmy doesn't have flairs yet, you can use these prefixes to indicate what type of post you have made, eg:
[Flair] My post title

The following is a list of suggested flairs:
[Deck] - Steam Deck related.
[Machine] - Steam Machine related.
[Frame] - Steam Frame related.
[Discussion] - General discussion.
[Help] - A request for help or support.
[News] - News about the deck.
[PSA] - Sharing important information.
[Game] - News / info about a game on the deck.
[Update] - An update to a previous post.
[Meta] - Discussion about this community.

If your post is only relevant to one hardware device (Deck/Machine/Frame/etc) please specify which one as part of the title or by using a device flair.

These are not enforced, but they are encouraged.

Rules:

Link to our Matrix Space

founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Leaker here is Brad Lynch, who generally seems reliable as a leaker for Valve software and products. He was also the source for the leaked renders of the steam controller.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] InvalidName2@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Yay. My Playstation controller is at the point where it needs to be replaced. It's got both battery capacity issues and charging issues. I'm hoping that the Steam controller lasts longer than the PS4 Pro controller b/c for the price that Sony charges, I'd expect those to last longer than mine has, especially given how little time I spend playing / using it.

I've been looking forward to the Steam controller. I was starting to think I should give up and just go get another PS controller. Granted, I'm sure I won't get a first release Steam controller. They'll have a limited quantity and wouldn't surprise me if they're gone by the time that the steam store has recovered from the outage and bugs that crop up every time a new product goes on sale.

[–] Badargel@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Didn’t the PS4 Pro controller come out 10 years ago?

[–] InvalidName2@lemmy.zip 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not sure when they came out. Why would it matter, though?

[–] Badargel@thelemmy.club 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

Why would t it matter? Does age not matter when it comes to how an electronic is expected to perform? I don’t expect to get more than 10 years Of perfect play out of any controller. Whether it stick drift or buttons wearing out or whatever the case may be. Nothing lasts forever even in perfect conditions. Not to mention the battery is the quickest thing the degrade anyhow. How often do you even see miniUSB cables?

[–] InvalidName2@lemmy.zip 1 points 8 hours ago

Why would t it matter? Does age not matter when it comes to how an electronic is expected to perform? I don’t expect to get more than 10 years Of perfect play out of any controller.

You do know that not everybody who owns a PS4 controller bought them on day 1 when they were originally released, right? That it's possible people like myself bought them much later than in 2016, correct? And you also realize that the problems I'm talking about -- those didn't start yesterday.

How often do you even see miniUSB cables?

Literally daily.

[–] verdi@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 2 points 22 hours ago

Wondering the same thing. Probably a battery replacement would ail their woes.