{"id":88749,"date":"2016-04-13T12:59:38","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T10:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=88749"},"modified":"2016-04-13T13:00:59","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T11:00:59","slug":"valve-working-on-improved-steam-controller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/88749-valve-working-on-improved-steam-controller","title":{"rendered":"Valve working on improved Steam Controller"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new Steam controller could already be on the way, reports PCGamesN<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This follows a recent GDC presentation given by Valve employee, Pierre-Loup Griffais on the challenges of creating an entirely new controller.<\/p>\n

“In the future, we are working on a hardware revision to the controller to improve look and feel,” says Pierre-Loup Griffais. “But we’re pretty happy with the feature set we have now and do not intend to drastically change it, or even change it at all.<\/p>\n

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“Maybe we’ll throw extra features in here or there, but the controller’s not gonna grow a new touchpad, or a new set of buttons, or a new major feature.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There have been a reported 400,000<\/a><\/strong> Steam Controllers sold through since the hardware’s release in October 2015, but a revision so soon could be indicative of some design issues with the current controller.<\/p>\n

The controller is not currently available to South African users (shy of importing through third-party sources) but this news means we may never see this current iteration on South African shores.<\/p>\n

The full presentation given by Griffais can be found here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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