Valve launched the Steam Controller a decade ago. It was designed to make traditional PC games playable on TVs in tandem with the original Steam Machine, which never took off. Now, Valve has announced a second-generation Steam Controller alongside the newly revived Steam Machine living room console-mini-PC-system .
I bought the original Steam Controller at release and never liked it that much. But later I got a Steam Deck and fell in love with it. Now I’m looking forward to the new Steam Controller.
In the meantime, I grabbed my old Steam Controller that’s been collecting dust, fired up Half-Life 2 , and gave it a second chance. How does the original compare to the second-generation controller? Turns out, Valve has learned a lot over the years.
Valve understands the Steam Controll

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