When we briefly got our hands on Valve's prototype Steam Controller earlier this year, we found the face buttons placed right up against the lip of the circular touch pads more than a little ...

The A, B, X, and Y buttons are located to the lower left of the right touch pad. It's an awkward position, and it doesn't help that the buttons are a lot smaller than, say, the Xbox 360 controller's.

The Roy controller is seemingly referenced in Valve's SteamVR code, which Brad Lynch also shared, and will apparently feature a D-pad, bumpers, group buttons, triggers, an ABXY button layout, and ...

The general consensus seemed to be that the Steam Controller was a mistake: A drastic, unnecessary step away from the tried and true layout of the 16-button, dual-analog gamepad standard.

In brief: The Steam Controller and Index were among Valve's most famous pieces of hardware before the company's handheld popularized a new segment of PCs. Recent leaks suggest Valve is preparing ...

Valve Steam Controller. By Jordan Minor 15 Oct 2015, 6:33 p.m. ... but the amount and arrangement of buttons and analogs sticks has remained mostly unchanged. ...

Leaked 3D models hidden in a recent SteamVR update appear to show off a new VR motion controller, sparking renewed hope that Valve is gearing up to release its long-rumored ‘Deckard’ VR ...

Valve have posted an announcement showing off their most recent design prototype for their Steam Controller. The new prototype incorporates much of the feedback from the Steam Box testers, who ...

Valve watcher Brad Lynch claims a Steam Controller 2 — codename “Ibex” — will genuinely go on sale, two years after Valve agreed it’d like to make one. “Tears in rain” Roy, not Fire ...

The VR controllers include standard ABXY buttons, bumpers, and grip triggers. According to Lynch, every button on the controller will feature "capacitive touch", and Valve will also produce ...

And as Valve attempts to merge PC- and console-gaming sensibilities with its Steam Machine initiative, it realizes that the controller as we previously knew it isn't going to fly.