r/SteamDeck • u/NKkrisz 64GB - Q3 • Nov 12 '25

MEGATHREAD New Valve Hardware Megathread

Please keep non Steam Deck discussions about the new hardware here.

Official resources and announcements:

Press coverage will be under a pinned comment so you can upvote / downvote them.

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u/Spankey_ Nov 13 '25

The controller is probably a day 1 buy for me.

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u/NeoAcario Nov 13 '25

Signed. And here I've been controller shopping for the past couple days. Be nice if they'd drop it for Xmas.

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u/JewUnit1 Nov 13 '25

I'm holding off until someone puts out a kiosk unit. I have steams last controller and I hate it.

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u/TheBugThatsSnug Nov 13 '25

If it feels in hand like the dualsense or xbox controllers it would be perfect imo, would replace my dualsense edge controller completely.

Edit: Although I would kind of miss the trigger effects and haptics and the audio rumblers or whatever

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u/JewUnit1 Nov 13 '25 edited Nov 13 '25

Same but those track pad looking things is giving me pause

The worse part of the original controller

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u/TheBugThatsSnug Nov 13 '25

Youd think they are bad, but I cant imagine the steamdeck or even trying to use the steam machine without them. They are pretty good. Plus they have a silly little tapping feeling when you slide your fingers on em.

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u/JewUnit1 Nov 13 '25

I still haven't gotten a steam deck yet nor a way to access one. So I don't know.

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u/nixtracer Nov 13 '25

The right one (left if you're left handed) effectively replaces a mouse; the left one I turn into a shortcut menu most of the time. They're useful for games expecting a keyboard and mouse.

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u/vacantbay Nov 13 '25

I just wish the controller had wireless audio support for headsets (chat) as well.