The ones I’ve read so far have been quite unspecific in regards to the OS they used. So statistically, they probably used Windows.

Ah, is it? I know that’s the case on Steam Deck, but it doesn’t seem to work on the old Steam Controller (just tried it) and I haven’t seen any confirmation by reviewers that the new controller has this function.

Well, at the end of the day it still has a bit of a killer feature that other controllers don’t: the touchpads. If I buy it, it’ll be my secondary controller for playing FPS, CRPGs etc on my projector.

The fact that this isn’t a new thing doesn’t mean that it’s a good thing. Especially since nowadays there are good third-party controllers with remappable buttons that can also switch to a KB/M functionality at the push of a button. Also, I paid 5,50€ for my brand new original Steam Controller, so Valve kinda has to convince me to spend about 18 times that. I don’t know if this is a dealbreaker for me, but I’d definitely consider it “not great”.

It should really come with an XInput mode. That’s pretty much a basic feature for any PC controller.

Almost certainly not natively. It might have a fallback to an XInput mode, in which case it could work with an adapter (but without the back buttons, gyro etc).

Seems so. Would make sense too, as Valve has reportedly already received a lot of stock.

It could be fixable, only way to find out is opening it up. I’d first try reseating all the ribbon cables, as one of them might have come loose because of the drop. Otherwise, if you can identify any damaged parts, you can get replacements for most of them and replacing them is pretty doable. If you can’t find any physical damage, your best option is probably to send it in.

Do you recall where you saw that? I can’t find that statement. Would be cool if true though. Wasn’t possible for Index Controllers.

If they work like the Index controllers, no, they won’t connect without Steam VR running and the HMD connected. But maybe they’re different.

I don’t think you can do a whole lot with the Frame controllers without the Frame though.

Clockwise, to me, goes forward. The file explorer sorts from top to bottom by default. It makes perfect intuitive sense to me. You may say that volume and time go “up”, but it’s not like they’re literally moving in space in an upwards direction, are they? They increase.

Best case scenario is that they had already secured a RAM deal when the prices went mad, so they can now offer a good price. Even then, it might still be an issue for later batches though.

It can play games standalone, but unless they’re specifically made for it, they will run through a translation layer that will have a performance cost. I’d expect similar to slightly better visuals compared to a Quest 3. I don’t think No Man’s Sky VR will run standalone with playable performance.

the price of a General controller with back buttons and no Hall effect Joysticks or touchpads is already about 100€

That seems expensive, you can get hall effect or even TMR sticks and back buttons for well below that. That said, I do think the Steam Controller will be more expensive than that. 80-100€ is my guess.

To be honest I wasn’t aware GOG even had a Linux client!

It doesn’t. This is Heroic launcher, which is an unofficial launcher that can download games from EGS, GOG and Amazon. It does support Proton generally, not sure why it doesn’t in this case.

It’s funny how, according to online commenters, every single thing the west did in support of Ukraine over the last few years would cause a new world war. We should be at WW42 by now!

Ideally yes, but that will never happen as quickly (if at all) when it’s a country that has been considered an ally for decades. Similar to how many European politicians are still going on about the US being an “important ally”, even when it’s Trump’s USA being openly hostile to our way of life and democracy.

Quite late, but hopefully more countries will follow suit.

Played a bit of it. It works quite well on a gamepad. You control the characters (initially just one, but pretty sure you’ll get a crew later) directly with the analog stick. It’s nothing like a traditional RTS, more of a strategic stealth game.