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#1 Jun 04 2015 at 8:55 PM Rating: Good
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/353370

Am I the only one that seems this button layout as horrible? Look how far the thumb has to stretch to reach the left analog and the four buttons.

When I hold my 360 and PS3/4 Controller, my arm, wrist, and thumbs are in a straight line. My thumb lines up relatively nicely with the ball of the thumb sitting comfortably between all the buttons. Giving access to all 4 buttons with basically a rocking motion around the thumb knuckle. The analog being moved with the tip of the thumb.

It seems like the thing is focusing less on being a replacement for existing controllerst, and more on being a KB+M replacement option.

You'd be wiser to spend your money on a 360 controller or maybe one of the Logitech Dual Shock copies with Xinput support, if you are actually looking for a controller to use with your computer games.
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#2 Jun 04 2015 at 10:42 PM Rating: Good
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I agree with what you said. Still kinda want to try it though.
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#3 Jun 05 2015 at 5:17 AM Rating: Good
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I'll let you know how the controller and Steam Link are when I get them in October.
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#4 Jun 06 2015 at 6:04 AM Rating: Excellent
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God, those Steam Boxes are absolute sh*t.
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#5 Jun 06 2015 at 8:02 AM Rating: Good
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What do you expect to get for the price of a decent video card? /elitistpcsuperrigbuilder.flex
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#6 Jun 07 2015 at 12:15 AM Rating: Good
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The entire concept of a Steam box confuses me. Who is the target audience here? Console people don't use or need Steam, and PC people already have decent computers, which they could already hook up to a TV if they really want to play games on the couch. Who is supposed to be buying these things?
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#7 Jun 07 2015 at 8:25 AM Rating: Excellent
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Yeah, it's a solution in need of a problem.

For console gamers, you're spending more than a console on an underpowered (and overpriced) PC with a limited Linux game catalog.
For PC gamers, just hook your PC up to the TV or use the streaming gizmo (Steam Link) they're selling for $50.

What the Steam Box was supposed to do and yet it absolutely fails at, is competing in the console "Just hook it up to the living room TV and start playing" space.

Also, the fact that Steam is selling these through Gamestop and their product pages on Steam go through Gamestop means that Steam is now charging sales tax in Illinois.

Edited, Jun 7th 2015 9:27am by Jophiel
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#8 Jun 07 2015 at 10:17 AM Rating: Good
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Yeah, it's really pretty silly. You don't even need to hook your gaming rig to your TV anymore. Steam stream works pretty good you can just hook up your underpower laptop or whatever.

And the whole Linux thing. Linux is super great and all but let's be honest, it may power 80% of the worlds web servers but only a small amount of end users run it for desktop.
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#9 Jun 08 2015 at 5:24 AM Rating: Good
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Yeah, it's really pretty silly. You don't even need to hook your gaming rig to your TV anymore. Steam stream works pretty good you can just hook up your underpower laptop or whatever.

And the whole Linux thing. Linux is super great and all but let's be honest, it may power 80% of the worlds web servers but only a small amount of end users run it for desktop.


I think the steam box is meant to replace the laptop in this equation. You'd just set it up on your TV and have it run whatever you are playing off of your gaming rig, but with the controller as an input device.

It's not a computer, it's just a connectivity device.

Edited, Jun 8th 2015 7:27am by Timelordwho
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#10 Jun 08 2015 at 7:03 AM Rating: Excellent
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That's what the Steam Link is for. It's a $50 device that hooks up to your TV for display and then communicates on your home network with your PC elsewhere so you can play controller-based games on your TV with the PC in another room.

Edited, Jun 8th 2015 8:04am by Jophiel
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