I think Steam really needs to put together some sort of small game to basically teach you to use the Steam Controller. This could be pretty disastrous when a bunch of people buy >$500 Steam Machines and sit down to play with a completely new input method on a device allegedly designed to make PC gaming comfortable and easy. Ranging between “can’t play this game” bad and “it worked, barely” bad. Your first time using the Steam Controller is going to be bad. That’s kind of inherent to the beast’s focus on emulating mouse, but it’s pretty unfortunate. No matter how many controllers you’ve handled, keyboards you’ve tapped, mice you’ve moved or trackpads you’ve fondled, this thing is nothing quite like any of them. The learning curve on this device is completely unavoidable. Then you start using it…and things get a lot less pleasant. I then had to restart steam to start reading input, not sure if that’s a flaw or just a result of me running the Steam client Beta (was running it for the new Big Picture mode). It’ll install the latest firmware, taking about a minute. The install is painless enough, plug in the nub, make sure Steam is open, press the Steam button on the controller. Advertisements It does a great job of reflecting my fan, who photobombs every picture of a reflective object. Just under the controller is your wireless USB receiver. I actually completely missed a compartment under the controller holder that had a brain dead-simple manual, a microUSB cable and a USB extender hub (you’ll find later I wish I DID completely miss it). It’s got a paper slip cover you slide off, allowing you to open the box where the controller greets you. Color me impressed, the unboxing was actually kinda nice.
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