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thank you to HyperX for sending us here this year check out their YouTube channel youtube.com slash Kingston HyperX also thank you to phantom glass and lynda.com the first thing I have to say about the steam controller is that it's a very distant relation to a normal controller this is very much not a standard console controller if there's a game that frustrates you to play on a touchpad with a laptop it will probably frustrate you to play it with this controller that being said I don't mind the shape upon originally seeing it I assumed due to its shape that I really wouldn't like it at all but that ended up not being an issue and also the haptic feedback on the touch pads was actually really good the triggers were solid and the shoulder buttons while not going down that far before they actually ate and not really depressing that much at all were totally fine the buttons on the back were kind of an interesting addition that I've seen in aftermarket controllers a lot but not too much on standard controllers and we're actually pretty cool and seemed to work quite well and felt quite good overall but the layout was a little weird ABXY was in a really weird spot I'm used to an Xbox controller where this is in the top right where the touchpad is on this controller and I don't necessarily think that the touchpad being swapped position with the ABXY would actually make any sense it just feels awkward playing shooters on this thing was weird that being said playing something like dying light where there's a melee weapon it wasn't quite as bad but then if you're gonna aim for the headshots it's gonna be a problem that this controller is interesting describing this controller becomes a problem because it's so different than anything you've probably ever used it's kind of like a laptop because you have a touchpad and that's where a lot of your fine control comes from but then it's obviously not a laptop it's kind of like a controller because there's ABXY buttons and triggers and stuff but then there's two touch pads the positioning of this controller is also an odd question it doesn't really replace a standard controller for a lot of different games over-the-shoulder adventure games I'm probably still gonna want two sticks and a better positioning of the ABXY buttons for twitching to them and hitting stuff like QuickTime events very quickly and for racing games again I'm still gonna want two sticks for shooter games I'm just gonna want an actual Mouse instead of a touchpad so where does it fit well it fits in a nice niche for games that we're never designed to be played with the controller but you really want to you might actually be able to use it for that and games where honestly we've been saying this on all along like civilization and portal it still works great and allows you to play that on your TV with ease in short I don't think the steam controller actually replaces your controller I think it just augments your controller I would still want to use an Xbox 360 controller on my home theater box whether it was a steam machine or not and I would also want to have a steam controller to fill in the gap for games that don't work very well with the xbox360 controller in the end while commenting on it and looking at it at a show is cool and all this controller more than any other controller I have ever tried in my life will take some getting used to and a review for this would take a few weeks of actually using it so I'm not gonna comment too much more they get a HyperX for sending us here this year check out the youtube channel youtube.com slash HyperX they've got a whole bunch of cool gaming content and even some stuff from us so they'd really appreciate it if you subscribed also thank you to phantom glass store a phantom glass comm is where you can get the best damn screen protectors out there also lynda.com slash pax is where you can learn some awesome stuff like editing and premiere and even programming do you see yourself replacing your current controller with the steam controller do you see yourself getting a steam controller and your current controller are you interested in this controller even if you're not getting a home theater PC or a steam machine or steam link or anything like that let me know in the comments down below or over on the forum thanks for watching this video if you want to see all the rest of our PAX East 2015 content be sure to subscribe to Linus tech tips