Valve's revamped Steam Controller feels less traditional than it looks

As Valve revealed last week, the new controller does away with the proposed touch screen and instead adds eight front-facing buttons, much as you’d see on an Xbox or PlayStation controller (the ABXY buttons mimic the size, layout, and general feel of the Xbox One controller). When asked about the touchscreen’s removal, a Valve representative told us that the company made the decision as a way to cut costs after tests revealed that users really didn’t need the flexibility that the touchscreen prototype offered. While we never got a chance to take the touchscreen out for a test drive (the prototype we tried back in November featured four rectangular buttons in place of the touchscreen), the ABXY placement on the new controller definitely appears more intuitive than it was on the original model.

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