My thoughts on Steam's new controller

[HeXen]

Played some Deus Ex Revision with it and already there are some community configurations setup to use. I chose the first one and without any tweaking of my own I was able to navigate everything including Windows 10 just fine.

My first terrorist victim, some 50 ft in front of me,first shot was a head shot but took me a second to get my aim and I took a couple of hits beforehand, obviously this is going to take some getting used to but the fact I was able to do so within such a short time leaves some hope.
But for the couch/console gamers out there like myself, this will do fine after some muscle memory although I see no reason for the left trackpad, a Dpad would have been better. It'll probably do ok for everything but competitive MP.

 

[DucatiMonster696]

My first impression is that this is a niche product that tries to fill a void that very few people have in general. If you own a XBOX360 controller and have a keyboard and mouse as well then this controller is pointless. Also this controller very much needs a clear and direct tutorial to use and configure. In the end most people are gonna chuck this controller into a drawer and completely forget about it in about 1-2 weeks time. Also correct me if I'm wrong but I think sucks that you have to be in Big Picture mode to configure and assign profiles to games to be able to use this controller.

 

[HeXen]

Then why did you buy it? You had a first impression so obviously you must have done the early pre order unless you're just talking out of your ass about a product you never used...which wouldn't surprise me here.
This is for couch gamers. swapping between a kb/mouse and gamepad on a couch kind of sucks. But I played a couple ours in AC Unity and got pretty good at using the trackpad for camera movement in 3rd person. I had to spend some time tweaking it and it felt very awkward at first but it got easier with some time.
And yes, if there is a market for console gaming then there is a market for this controller since obviously console gamers use consoles because they don't have to use other peripherals to make it function..