Reviews have been largely positive about the wireless controller’s use of haptic trackpads, which let players simulate mouse controls in PC games, and of a magnetic ‘puck’ to sync the pad to PC, as well as charge it.
However, reviewers also pointed out the lack of “swappable parts”, external and customisation in the controller.
The pad is designed to only work with devices running Valve’s PC gaming platform Steam and is not compatible with consoles.
Much of the discussion online has focused on the price, twice what the first generation of the device cost in 2015.
It sits between current standard tiers for controllers for consoles such as PlayStation and Xbox (roughly between £45-£65, $60-$75) and their premium versions (roughly between £120 – £160, $150-$200).
“I have paid more for a controller, I have paid a lot less, too,” read one of the most upvoted comments, external.
“This device wasn’t made to be your plug and play controller, it’s meant to be specifically a controller for your PC,” said one justification of the cost., external
