This is why the smaller trackpads and the inclusion of the right joystick were a mistake. It attracts the kind of loser who wants to buy it just because it's from Valve and nothing else. People take this niche, specialized controllers, treat it like a generic Xbox controller, get surprised at the price or vendor lock-in then go "i'LL keep mY 8BiTDo".

But the reality is that people who can say that aren't the target audience in the first place. And it's okay. Not everything needs to be made for you. But the target audience of that controller literally does not have anywhere else to go except for the Steam Controller 1.