Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: phoenix Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: Another lazy gaming news digest Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2026 14:15:08 -0600 Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: <0cnstkl511ckft0offbrpfmk9ubcu19rt6@4ax.com> <6v6quktpa4pm8maidgdfpipbbtcke9obk3@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net RrEqXLyGSGPXP+9IDnwEJQTqAOXhG3DCQXjf5jjNmAQZ079uD4 Cancel-Lock: sha1:6tXh3kPTXJTKd2BJ1H5Yv2EXE2k= sha256:1SspmGcApUNYzdVgtomh+sOkb9eqpV+FPm6fSV4E7bo= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:128.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/128.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.23 In-Reply-To: <6v6quktpa4pm8maidgdfpipbbtcke9obk3@4ax.com> Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action:57951 Spalls Hurgenson wrote: > On Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:00:10 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson > said this thing: > >> >> >> * Steam Controller Is Making Its Way Back >> https://www.techradar.com/gaming/gaming-accessories/valves-steam-controller-launch-looks-imminent-based-on-new-public-records-and-it-might-finally-give-me-the-perfect-excuse-to-build-a-custom-steam-machine >> I'm excited about this one because --try as I might-- I can't find >> where I misplaced my old Steam Controller. I bought one on the cheap >> when Valve discontinued the product several years ago but --not really >> liking gamepads-- stashed it in a closet and now it's lost. Apparently >> ~40K units have been imported from China --probably as part of an >> imminent Steam Machine launch-- so my time has finally come to get >> another one. Finally my chance to buy a replacement for a gadget that >> I'll never use! > > Reports* are that an early review of the new Steam controller has > leaked that its expected MSRP will be $99USD. Which seems a bit pricey No way that's a deal and a half. My Switch Lite cost about $199 iirc, and I would expect the modern Steam controller to be better endowed. Or maybe I'm not understanding correctly, this is the controller not the system? -- Pharaoh was so pleased with Hadad that he gave him a sister of his own wife, Queen Tahpenes, in marriage. The sister of Tahpenes bore him a son named Genubath, whom Tahpenes brought up in the royal palace. There Genubath lived with Pharaoh’s own children.