The Steam Deck ’s influence on the new Steam Controller could scarcely be more obvious, the gamepad looking as if the Deck’s two grip sections were cleaved off and stitched together by Valve’s maddest hardware vivisectionists. …
… "I think one of the things we wanted to share with folks is just to dispel any rumors that we were intentionally holding back the Steam Controller in order to ship with other hardware, or for any other reason like that. …
Plans for a simultaneous trio of hardware launches seemingly dashed on the rocks of ongoing RAM shortages , Valve have decided to release the relatively unaffected Steam Controller refresh without Steam Machine or Steam Frame backup. …
… "And obviously every step of the way, if you look at our hardware projects over the years, you can draw a straight line from the original Steam Controller and Steam Machine to Steam Deck, to everything that we're announcing and shipping this year. …
… The 2025 Year in Review article only briefly touches on the Machine, as well as the upcoming Steam Controller redesign and the Steam Frame VR headset, but its previous phrasing of "We hope to ship in 2026" – accompanied by a reminder of ongoing and widespread memory shortages – did have the kind of… …
… And I think last we checked... in 2024 we did a blog post about Steam Input , and I think we saw something around 59% of people on Steam were using Xbox controllers. 26% were using PlayStation controllers, and about 10% of people on Steam were actually on Steam Decks, for all controller sessions. …
… Not sold out as in "do you still have one in the back," sold out as in "Valve have released a short statement on just how little zero controllers they have." Here's the statement in full from the official Valve Bluesky account: "Steam Controller ran out faster than we anticipated, and we hate that … …
… "Steam Controller launched on May 4th, and while we were happy to see such a high level of interest, the experience for a lot of you trying to buy it was incredibly frustrating," Valve explained in a Steam blog post . …
… The second-generation Steam Controller is upon us, the sole survivor of Valve’s delays on its RAM-troubled new hardware . …
… I know Valve built the Steam Controller with the Steam Machine and Steam Frame in mind, but it sadly thrills me that it works with their older kit. …
