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Valve's £85 Steam Controller divides gamers ahead of May launch (www.bbc.com)
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[–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

Sorry dude, I'm not paying $100 USD for a controller. The last controller I bought cost me ~$30 USD (GameSir T4 Kaleid) and has everything I need, including hall effect sticks. The steam controller having cool tech like touchpads and a gyro and whatever else is cool I guess, but I don't need or want that. No amount of stuff like that is gonna make me spend that much on a controller.

So yes, the steam controller price raised my eyebrows, in the same way that basically all first-party controllers do. They're all crazily overpriced imo.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    They're priced for all those things you don't want that other people do. It's a bit like complaining that a racing motorcycle is too expensive because all you need is a scooter to get around.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    If it's priced like a racing motorcycle then you shouldn't be surprised when people raise their eyebrows at the price.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Do you often look up the prices of racers to be shocked by the price?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago* (1 child)

    Only when people comment that 'the price is normal, actually', and that I ought to buy one because they're so cheap.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    In comparison to comparable devices. Are you incapable of understanding context?

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  • [–] -1 points 3 months ago

    The original comment couldn't understand why people were 'raising their eyebrows' at the price. I said because it's basically a luxury item. Whether there are other alternatives that are even less value doesn't factor into it. That's the 'door in the face' fallacy.

    Regardless of whether a Rolls Royce is more or less 'value' than a Lamborghini there's gonna be a whole bunch of people that are gonna look at that and say 'why would you spend X times the money when it gets you from A to B just the same as a Toyota Corolla'. That's the answer to the original question.

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