I dont understand why you want this controller at all if you’re happy with an Xbox controller. It’s a terrible value if you aren’t a Steam Input power user.

But using it as a generic gamepad misses the entire point of the controller. If you don’t want steam input for the extra buttons and touchpads, why even buy it?

Steam Input is not exclusive to this controller, correct. However the inputs that this controller has and exposes to Steam Input are. There is no other controller in existence that supports dual touchpads and capacitive gyro. I’m not sure why youre being so argumentative. It’s not for you, move on.

I’m not here complaining about price, i’m complaining about value. Show me why this is worth what they are asking.

You already have a Steam Controller built into your Steam Deck. If you haven’t made custom steam input mappings to utilize the touchpads and capacitive sticks with gyro, then this is not going to appeal to you.

If you want to see what that’s all about there are videos on Steam Input for the Deck and all the cool things you can do with it. Once you have that the way you like it you wish all controllers could do it (or at least I do).

So this is a niche product for people who utilize all the control surfaces that the Deck and the original Steam Controller offer. If you don’t then it’s overpriced and not worth it.

As usual the UCP is all talk and fluff. They’ve been talking about improving this for a long time because it keeps happening and making the news, but they know all they need to do is say they’re working on it and people will forget.

We need to tax these companies more and we need to make them pay for cleanup up front, as other have said. Anything less is doing nothing.