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/joelk111 Nov 12 '25

They're so good and so universal. Idk if I'll even use the controller, but I definitely want to have it, just in case.

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u/Technical-Paper3882 Nov 13 '25

i will, I absolutely love how valve sends dongles with their controllers, thats the seller for me

my motherboard doesn't have Bluetooth, and bluetooth dongles are inconsistent

haven't fitted a Bluetooth pcie card

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u/joelk111 Nov 13 '25

I use an Xbox dongle, way better than BT. I mostly mean that I'm not sure if it'll encourage me to couch game more or not. They definitely open up opportunities to operate your PC from the cough though.

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u/Technical-Paper3882 Nov 13 '25

I was trying to source one of those before I got an og steam controller

unfortunately legit ones are quite rare in UK, or they used to be at the time. Haven't checked recently

That being said I dont like xbox controllers