Where can you watch the Chinese preseason? I want to catch up. I checked the search bar and pins and didn't see it. Usually this stuff is on YouTube but I can't find it. It's also not on their official twitch channel and I can't watch in client. Where did you watch? Thanks in advance.
Setting my alarms for 1pm est
Now that we've all had about a week or so with it, how we feeling? The hype cycle was so long, it's nice to take a breath and reflect now that we've finally got it.
Personally? I like it better than my dualsense even for games with full controller support. Just super comfy and well distributed weight
You'd think I'd remember, having bought every single valve hardware product to date, I guess I just wasn't paying attention. Just figuring out how much to put in my steam wallet before monday. I checked the search bar and couldn't find it mentioned.
Every person asking questions about the steam controller (to actual engineers btw, people who would know technical questions) is asking shit like "what games were you testing this thing on" and "did having the steam deck as a jumping off point help? (No shit)".
And not: "why the decision to ditch the dual stage triggers from the original" or "why membrane style face buttons rather than clicky" or "how should you reach the shoulder buttons while using the track pads" or "will you support other finishes or color ways?" Or "what made you change from AA batteries to rechargeable" or... Idk, any worthwhile question.
Instead Its these vague "what are some of the challenges of making a controller" and "if you were an animal what would you be" or "tell me about the track pads" (generic questions we know the answer to)
You're an interviewer. You're not filling time. Interrogate the engineer on their choices
I think its likely the review embargo for the steam controller is lifting this week based on the leaked early review and valve's unlisted "unboxing" video. At a minimum, its probably the controller. Whether or not we get dates on the Machine or the Frame, its a good idea to put some money in your wallet now.
If this release is anything like valve's other releases, the will probably open pre-orders either right after the release date and price reveal, if not very shortly after.
I suspect you'll need a steam account with some minimum account age. If they go with the 5 dollar preorder route like they have with other devices, you may experience difficulty getting your order in before they sell out. The bottleneck is always the credit card transactions. If you already load the money in advanced, you'll be one of the first in line.
I'm putting 25 dollars in my steam account just to be safe.