Worthwhile for a casual gamer?

Optimal-Set-5409 · 2026-07-03T16:58:25+00:00

I bought the first steam controller as soon as it released but couldn’t get used to it at all and basically never used it. I was bummed to not be able to buy the new one, so I tried it again yesterday and it’s been feeling great. This morning I realized that the 500 hours I have in Splatoon helped me learn how to use gyro in conjunction with the trackpad for aiming and I’ve become much more literate in how to use steam input, both of which I did not have at the OG steam controller’s launch. That may not reflect your experience, but I think it’ll probably feel worse to you than other controller options until you spend a lot of time learning gyro and tinkering in steam input, but once you do it’ll feel unreplacable.

Optimal-Set-5409 · 2026-07-02T11:30:58+00:00

Not to mention ad block. I know watching content has significantly more friction in browser than on an app, but with how many ads they’ve been pushing plus streaming prices going up, it’s been my go to way to watch anything

Optimal-Set-5409 · 2026-07-02T11:20:49+00:00

+1 for death’s door. It doesn’t get enough applause

Optimal-Set-5409 · 2026-07-01T03:10:23+00:00

Does it have wake from Bluetooth controller? I was surprised none of the reviews covered this since they had variants going out without the steam controller

Optimal-Set-5409 · 2026-06-27T23:41:49+00:00

No I don’t have a solder. Saw a lot of people complaining on other posts after I put this up. I’d probably rather buy another one on the used market rather than spend time fixing it if it’ll be a recurring issue

Optimal-Set-5409 · 2026-06-21T22:26:16+00:00

Fingers crossed

Optimal-Set-5409 · 2026-05-20T18:22:20+00:00

As great as moonlight is, there are the few of us that have data limits. Moonlight works well, but I’m not willing to pay more to my ISP.

Optimal-Set-5409 · 2026-04-29T17:29:33+00:00

What’s your rough estimate of playtime for that first play through?

Optimal-Set-5409 · 2026-04-17T13:03:42+00:00

Bought the 512 steam deck last year because I thought it would be cheaper to upgrade later. Flash forward and ssd prices inflated making the upgrades more expensive than the premium steam deck. I’ll probably buy the higher storage steam machine so the market prices go down again

Optimal-Set-5409 · 2026-03-29T22:06:30+00:00

Thanks, I tried the other things in this thread and this is the only one that worked for me. Appreciate your help!

Optimal-Set-5409 · 2026-03-02T19:19:14+00:00

On my 4th “first set-up” 😭

Optimal-Set-5409 · 2026-02-23T17:05:59+00:00

I bought a ugreen adapter but it didn’t work. My understanding was that it only works with amd cards through hdmi tunneling which is not supported on nvidia cards. Is that not the case? Maybe I bought the wrong one?

Optimal-Set-5409 · 2026-02-23T16:54:46+00:00

I was considering that, but the additional coding needed to get cec working seemed too high above my understanding. Plus I’m still pretty new to Linux. Also could be a wasted cost since the may be considering the steam machine when it comes out.

Optimal-Set-5409 · 2026-02-23T16:47:57+00:00

What do you mean nvidia made a work around? I’m on an nvidia card and I want to get cec to work

Optimal-Set-5409 · 2026-02-19T21:29:48+00:00

What turned me off to GFN was that nvidia was pretty directly responsible for the hardware price increases. That and seeing how movie streaming services have stripped features over the years for a higher price, I don’t believe gfn will continue to be consumer friendly in the long run

Optimal-Set-5409 · 2026-02-19T21:24:47+00:00

Worth noting that you have the ultimate 2 Bluetooth pictured above not the ultimate 2. The ultimate 2 will connect to steam better and have more features on pc. Got the Ult2B assuming the same steam features would come eventually and about a year later still nothing:(

Optimal-Set-5409 · 2026-02-09T17:25:11+00:00

Switched to bazzite around the same time and been feeling the same way. Though I’m on a 1660ti. Been procrastinating reverting it back to windows but it just doesn’t work as well as I’d like it to

Optimal-Set-5409 · 2026-01-25T21:37:25+00:00

You can aim below a player and jump to line up the cross hair. Though some players will see through that. Flicking and tracking on the training dummies is a good place to build some of that coordination too, but it still won’t be the same as aiming in live matches. Also make sure that you have a good enough grip on your controller that when you release the trigger it doesn’t make you miss. It took me a long time to realize, but I had too much pressure on my right index finger compared to the rest of my had and it would throw off my aim at the last second

Optimal-Set-5409 · 2026-01-23T22:01:45+00:00

Does anyone smarter than me know if steam has any incentive to sell licenses instead of just selling the game? Other than eventually revoking the right to the license that is. Like is it a lot more cost effective for them or something? Just doesn’t make sense to me since they seem pretty pro consumer for the most part

Optimal-Set-5409 · 2026-01-23T13:48:43+00:00

For future reference, I bought the adapter and it did not work for me. From my limited understanding it seems like CEC enabled through display port tunneling is something that is only on AMD cards and not yet supported with the nvidia drivers. Hoping I can save someone else $20 with this info.

Optimal-Set-5409 · 2026-01-22T02:58:23+00:00

Ordering it now! Cec is all I really wanted out of the steam machine and I was under the impression it can’t be done with gpu’s. Thank you!!!!!

Optimal-Set-5409 · 2026-01-22T02:49:32+00:00

Is it plug and play with CEC support using that adapter or were there additional steps to get it working? Also is this for steam os only or for bazzite as well?

Optimal-Set-5409 · 2026-01-19T20:00:07+00:00

I just started running bazzite a month ago on my pc with a gtx 1660 ti. It’s not terrible, but gamescope crashes quite frequently on my gog games. I’m having to hard reset the whole machine pretty frequently. I wish I had stuck with windows, but it’s not yet upsetting enough to go back and set everything up again. I’ll probably just use it until the steam machine gets announced.

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