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Valve's New Steam Controller Launches at $100: Price, Release Date, and First Reviews Confirmed
Valve has officially confirmed the price and release date for its new Steam Controller, coming in at $100. Early reviews and interviews with Valve have surfaced, with Kotaku publishing both a hands-on review and a detailed interview covering design decisions, repairability, and Easter eggs like an included phone ringing sound. The announcement also prompted questions about Valve's broader hardware roadmap, which the company addressed alongside the controller reveal.
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Kotaku went deep with exclusive interview access and a full review, while Rock Paper Shotgun focused primarily on the price/release date confirmation and Valve's broader hardware pipeline — the latter did not weigh in on the controller's quality or design specifics.
What we know
- The new Steam Controller is priced at $100, with a release date now officially confirmed by Valve.
- Valve revealed in an interview that the controller was considered being named the Steam Controller 2, but that name was ultimately dropped.
- The new design is intentionally less unconventional than the original Steam Controller, reflecting lessons learned from the first device.
- A phone ringing sound effect is included in the controller, and Valve identified the team member responsible for adding it.
- The controller was designed with repairability in mind, making it easier to fix than many comparable devices.
- Valve fielded questions about its other hardware in development alongside the Steam Controller price and release date announcement.
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We sat down with Valve engineer Steve Cardinali and designer Lawrence Yang to discuss the Controller, the industry-upending RAM shortage it’s launching into, and delays to the Steam Machine.
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In case you missed it, Valve confirmed the Steam Controller's price and release date yesterday. Naturally, as part of that reveal they've faced a bunch of questions about the other hardware they've got in the works.
Is Valve's upcoming $100 Steam Controller worth it? Here's our review. kotaku.com/valves-new-s...
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We talked to Valve about the new $100 Steam Controller and learned a lot, including: -It could have been named Steam Controller 2 -Why it isn't as weird as the original Steam controller -Who included that phone ringing noise -How easy it is to repair and
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