wraggster
March 14th, 2014, 23:10
http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/adam/75cf068aa6e814b790f8673aab7c2fdc/Steam-Controller-Side-by-Side.png (http://www.joystiq.com/2014/03/14/behold-valves-updated-steam-controller/)
Valve offered up a clearer side-by-side image of its updated Steam Controller (http://www.joystiq.com/tag/steam-controller/)today. The second iteration of the SteamOS (http://www.joystiq.com/tag/steamos/) gamepad was revealed in January (http://www.joystiq.com/2014/01/15/steam-controller-ditches-touch-screen-for-traditional-buttons/), and peeled away the center touchscreen in favor of more traditional face buttons. The new buttons consist of a directional pad and standard A, B, X and Y buttons, the latter formerly located around the touchscreen. Valve left the large circular trackpads on the device, but also added a Steam icon button in the center with start and select-like buttons on either side with what appear to be stop and play icons.
The Steam Controller was announced alongside SteamOS and Steam Machines in September 2013 (http://www.joystiq.com/2013/09/27/recap-valves-trio-of-steam-box-announcements/), and was followed up by a hardware beta program that already excluded the controller's touchscreen. We spent some time with Valve's beta hardware (http://www.joystiq.com/2014/01/06/hands-on-with-valves-steam-machine-beta-hardware/) in early January and found the experience lacking on the previous version of the controller with Hotline Miami (http://www.joystiq.com/game/hotline-miami) and Portal (http://www.joystiq.com/tag/portal) in particular. Head past the break for a closer look at the updated controller.
http://www.joystiq.com/2014/03/14/behold-valves-updated-steam-controller/
Valve offered up a clearer side-by-side image of its updated Steam Controller (http://www.joystiq.com/tag/steam-controller/)today. The second iteration of the SteamOS (http://www.joystiq.com/tag/steamos/) gamepad was revealed in January (http://www.joystiq.com/2014/01/15/steam-controller-ditches-touch-screen-for-traditional-buttons/), and peeled away the center touchscreen in favor of more traditional face buttons. The new buttons consist of a directional pad and standard A, B, X and Y buttons, the latter formerly located around the touchscreen. Valve left the large circular trackpads on the device, but also added a Steam icon button in the center with start and select-like buttons on either side with what appear to be stop and play icons.
The Steam Controller was announced alongside SteamOS and Steam Machines in September 2013 (http://www.joystiq.com/2013/09/27/recap-valves-trio-of-steam-box-announcements/), and was followed up by a hardware beta program that already excluded the controller's touchscreen. We spent some time with Valve's beta hardware (http://www.joystiq.com/2014/01/06/hands-on-with-valves-steam-machine-beta-hardware/) in early January and found the experience lacking on the previous version of the controller with Hotline Miami (http://www.joystiq.com/game/hotline-miami) and Portal (http://www.joystiq.com/tag/portal) in particular. Head past the break for a closer look at the updated controller.
http://www.joystiq.com/2014/03/14/behold-valves-updated-steam-controller/