FPS games than an analog thumbstick that regular gamepads have.Īnyway, if it doesn't work also as a regular gamepad outside of Steam (with GOG, Origin etc. I would be very surprised if it would be anywhere near as accurate as a real mouse, but I don't think it has to be, as long as it is better for e.g. Because that's what the 'mouse' in the Steam controller seems to be basically, a concave trackpad which you control with your thumb. laptop trackpads are 'just as precise' as using a mouse. That is something that I want: A controller that has at least one control method that is just as precise as a computer mouse You can't be realistically expecting that, unless you think that e.g. It it works reasonably well for games other than action games I might be interested as well, but I want to see the controller in use for these kind of games beforehand.ĠGrapher: Isn't the whole point of the Steam Controller that you can play any game designed for keyboard and mouse just as well as with keyboard and mouse? My reasoning could be wrong though, I don't know the dates of when these two concepts were first thought of. The point of the Machine is 'Steam couch gaming', which a controller is useful for, thus the Steam controller was born. My memory could be entirely wrong but I thought the Steam controller was announced at around the same time as the Steam Machine was spoken of, so in my mind I've always seen it as an appendage of the Machine. If the Steam Controller isn't that then I don't even have to look at it. That is something that I want: A controller that has at least one control method that is just as precise as a computer mouse, has as many keys as possible, doesn't waste any space where there could be additional keys, has rebindable keys etc. Isn't the whole point of the Steam Controller that you can play any game designed for keyboard and mouse just as well as with keyboard and mouse? 0Grapher: If the Steam controller were only useful for games that require a controller it would be pretty useless.

Steam controller software stops