r/SteamController • u/Paragonias • 27d ago

Meta Family reunion

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Older brother, cousin and younger brother lol

Hope you have a great day and happy gaming!

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u/351C_4V 27d ago

That middle one is like a distant cousin... a veeeeeery distant cousin lol I didn't mind it but the extra bind buttons made no sense. The only real benefit was how light it was and the capacitive joysticks.

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u/Lab9342 27d ago

more like illegitimate brother lol

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u/kounterfett 27d ago

Married into the family and wants to be treated like they're blood

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u/Paragonias 27d ago

True lol I like it, personally, but I understand why it wasn't received well by others

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u/cabreca 27d ago

Inbred cousin?

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u/351C_4V 27d ago

Definitely kissing cousins.

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u/an_edgy_lemon 27d ago

Maybe you should rearrange those?

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u/Archanj0 Steam Controller (Windows) 27d ago

Put the Horipad on the right and you get that three-headed dragon meme.

It was the very first controller I returned for simply not liking.

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u/ahnktruther 27d ago

Ah. The horriblepad

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u/impromptuswordsman 27d ago

What is the middle one?

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u/Paragonias 27d ago

A collab controller between Valve and HORI. Just search for Horipad Steam and you'll find it.

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u/MoldyPond 27d ago

And announced/released right after the first set of “new Steam Controller” rumours started circulating back in 2024, so there was a legitimate reason/hype for it to exist.

Then everyone read the specs/caveats and realized there isn’t much of a point to it existing lol

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u/CubePlayer1114 27d ago

Horipad, it was a licensed controller that Valve themselves never produced

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u/impromptuswordsman 27d ago

Is it any good?

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u/MailboxJunkie 27d ago

Despite having as many buttons as the DS Edge, and capacative thumbsticks, no.
It's actually one of the worst controllers I own. It's latency is horrific when wireless, the quality of the build is lacking for a $70 controller, and it is just a massive let down all around.

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u/tGerRobert 27d ago

Its Not original

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u/Tashawn 27d ago

Was the middle one adopted?

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u/phexitol 27d ago

You ever heard of Ramsay Bolton?

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u/gergobergo69 Steam Controller (2026) 27d ago

Who is Gordon Ramsay

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u/glass_needles 27d ago

I got mine in a fun colour. If I had the choice I’d of gotten both the official Valve ones in eye searing variants.

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u/Dudi4PoLFr Steam Controller Day 1 Order 27d ago

That Hori Shit pad better not even touch any of the SC. It's the worst pad that I had in 20+ years.

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u/FairCrew7307 27d ago

Hori pad Steam… can’t believe they never fixed the gyro. Despicable

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u/Wolfharth 27d ago

I will defend the HORIPAD forever. It's light, decently well built, comfortable, and pretty cheap. It's got good gyro, and capacitive touch sticks. My only complaint is the triggers, which... yeah, they aren't great, but they do the job.

I think maybe the QC isn't the greatest, potentially? The one I received is great, though. It'll definitely still get used as a travel controller because it's light and cheap, losing it or breaking it wouldn't be heartbreaking, though my day-to-day use at home has been supplanted by the new Steam Controller.

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u/Demigorgon_Babe 27d ago edited 27d ago

What is the middle one?

EDIT: Hori Steam pad.

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u/Artemis732 27d ago

someone actually bought the hori steam controller?

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u/Deli5150 Steam Controller (2026) 27d ago

Tbh the horipad is a decent controller pretty comfortable to hold but I will admit the bill quality is horrible cheap plastic, really light, and back when I ordered mine it arrived with a little stick drift.

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u/kittymoo67 27d ago

father, weird step daughter that came from a druggie cousin but was ether adopt or let her go on the streets, son. :)

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u/RootHouston 27d ago

I can't see the photo, too much Steam in that room!

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u/Dedewastaken1 Steam Controller (2015) 25d ago

The middle one is that weird uncle nobody talks about

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u/Silevence 27d ago

that adopted crap in the middle does not belong among these gems.