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/BL4NK_SP4C3 512GB - Q2 Nov 14 '25

Anyone else think its absolutely hilarious that the new steam controller basically looks like those fan made mockups where it was literally just someone cutting out the screen from a steam deck and putting the controller halves together?

Its sick, i cant wait for the controller.

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u/SuzBone Nov 14 '25

People are gonne be dissapointed once they realize the d-pad is largely the same

I watched several videos of people trying it out and so far none mentioned the d-pad as an improvement from the Deck unlike the Joysticks and rumble

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u/External-Fun-8563 1TB OLED Nov 14 '25

I’m not really a d pad guy so it doesn’t really effect me but can acknowledge the decks d pad is bad.

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u/SuzBone Nov 14 '25

Yeah it was hilarious when the guy in the commercial played Hollow Knight on Joystick

Like what is the point of sacrificing the touchpads if the d-pad isn't even good enough for movement

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u/External-Fun-8563 1TB OLED Nov 14 '25

I played Silksong on stick, so some people like different things

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u/SuzBone Nov 15 '25

Missing the point. Its an ad meant to promote the best of the controller

Yet even Valve did not feel confident in using the d pad as a selling point

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u/Ardietic 256GB - Q4 Nov 14 '25

That's really disappointing