Valve’s hardware graduates from side-quest to full-blown ambition

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2026 is meant to be a key year for Valve's ambitions in the hardware space, and next week, the first piece of the puzzle falls into place.

Reviews for the Steam Controller – the compan's redesigned gamepad, a decade on from the original's troubled debut – are in, and https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-controller-review-2026">they're good. https://www.ign.com/articles/steam-controller-review-2026">Remarkably good, in fact: a chorus of near-universal praise from outlets that https://www.digitalfoundry.net/reviews/valves-steam-controller-is-a-genuine-first-party-pro-controller-for-pc">you might expect to pick apart the idiosyncrasies of a $99 controller with far more relish.