Valve delays Steam Controller until 2015

[randal]

Valve has delayed the launch of its Steam Machine video games PCs until next year at the earliest.
The US-based firm said it needed more time to work on the system's controllers, which feature two haptic-feedback trackpads.
The announcement is also likely to impact the 14 third-party manufacturers planning to sell their own Steam Machine hardware.
However, one industry watcher suggested Valve had taken the right decision.

At first I was like "Oh come on!":

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But then, in hindsight it makes sense as the article goes on to say. They do need to get this right and I think the changes they made in March do go some way to address that. However, there must be some inherent problems with the track pads if they're holding it back.

As someone who is looking forward to welcoming the PC into the lounge either natively or by streaming, I really am looking forward to this product.


Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27600981

 

[Zethor]

As someone who is looking forward to welcoming the PC into the lounge either natively or by streaming, I really am looking forward to this product.

What is exactly is stopping you from welcoming the PC into the lounge right now? The product already exists in the form of your current PC and an Xbox/PS controller.

 

[TwsT]

I am looking forward to streaming games from my good pc to a little media pc and enjoying the more casual games at a decent FPS from the comfort of my sofa.

 

[randal]

What is exactly is stopping you from welcoming the PC into the lounge right now? The product already exists in the form of your current PC and an Xbox/PS controller.

Plug and play Linux support was one thing I particularly liked about this controller. Plus the fact it is designed for Steam and thusly the Big Picture setup etc. In short it was a controller for the platform, rather than using another vendor's controller. That and I really like the look of it.

I know you can get the 360 pads working wired on Linux and have done myself, but I was looking forward to a purpose built solution rather than a hack together job.

 

[Zethor]

Plug and play Linux support was one thing I particularly liked about this controller. Plus the fact it is designed for Steam and thusly the Big Picture setup etc. In short it was a controller for the platform, rather than using another vendor's controller. That and I really like the look of it.

I know you can get the 360 pads working wired on Linux and have done myself, but I was looking forward to a purpose built solution rather than a hack together job.

In other words you like it because Linux (99% of games not supported), designed for Steam (I'm not sure what this means) and a pretty wireless controller. There's nothing wrong with your enthusiasm but I have a feeling that if you represent Valve's target demographic, the Steam Box will sell like a heater in the desert.

 

[randal]

Indeed, because Linux. Linux that supports Steam streaming from the PC upstairs...

Oh I definitely don't represent the demographic, I'm a very small OS agnostic portion of the demographic that likes new toys that work. I used to enjoy tinkering and bashing things together until that did what I wanted...

...then I became a parent. Now my time is precious, so very precious. But not precious enough to buy a console #pcgamingmasterrace.

 

[shatpank81]

thankfully for me i managed to fit my FT03 behind TV unit and have a 360 wireless controller so i can sit on my sofa and play most games...
but this will help a lot of people get into PC gaming who dont want the big case etc sat on a desk

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

I am looking forward to streaming games from my good pc to a little media pc and enjoying the more casual games at a decent FPS from the comfort of my sofa.

+1

thankfully for me i managed to fit my FT03 behind TV unit and have a 360 wireless controller so i can sit on my sofa and play most games...
but this will help a lot of people get into PC gaming who dont want the big case etc sat on a desk

this was my plan too... but I installed Win server 2k8 on my Microserver and I cant even get steam to launch simple games

 

[deano-g]

Probably so they can launch it with half life 3 ha

 

[Witcher1979]

I am looking forward to streaming games from my good pc to a little media pc and enjoying the more casual games at a decent FPS from the comfort of my sofa.

Been streaming to my old 5742z for 4-5 days roughly for bedtime gaming and it has been working great via streaming, although Saints Row IV seems to have no sound for me when streaming. Might be a linux issue maybe as that is what I am using on the laptop that is playing the stream.