EEEEWWWWW.

That looks ok for a strategy game. Looks horrible for almost all other genres.

I cant judge till I use it, but my thoughts at first aren't great. Would like to read some reviews on this.

About your sig: somebody should tell Malstrom that "Carthago delenda est" was a catchphrase by Cato the Elder, not Cicero. Cicero actually was born 40 years after the destruction of Carthage.

About the controller: it seems an intelligent evolution of touchpads, but with devices different from the mouse I prefer to have a mechanical feedback, like with a stick (and when the mouse is the best control, so in most of the game I play, I use the mouse, period). It could be a valid option for control schemes mainly designed for the mouse, and not for a classic console controller, though. I really must try it before making up my mind about liking it or not, but I suspect it will be good for some games and genres and not so good for others.

I don't know, I'm not convinced. Still gives me the feeling of a laptop touchpad. I would really like to try it though, looks like the first logical and inteligent attempt at a crucial "revolutionary" change to the classic gamepad scheme in years.

Just bumping this for the people that missed it. I kinda thought the steam controller was something people really wanted to learn more about.

I didn't think so.  Looked painful to play without a mouse.

the trackpad is a bit different than I imagined... dont really like the repeated sliding motion, but I am still interested in trying it

This looks horrible. #steamboxwillfail

Looks great. Good to see a company trying to change things instead of going with the tried and tested Nintendo pad (Looking at you Sony And Microsoft). Haters only hate because it is better than anything their xbox or ps controllers can do. Give this thing 2 or 3 must buy games (which valve can easily do) and we will see a massive shift in the gaming arena for sure

Now this is a controller that I'll be able to play FPS on. Anybody who says current Playstation/Xbox controller are as fast and accurate as a mouse movement is just kidding themselves. Just look at how quick and precise the movements are, you can't do that with joysticks.

Console gamers, go play a shooter on keyboard and mouse then come back and tell me how your current controllers are optimal again.

Shooters/ strategy you name it, this controller will be leagues ahead of xbox/ps controllers interms of precision and responsiveness. If you think the thumbsticks/joypads on current console controllers are better than mouse and keyboard input, then you've never tried PC gaming.