Steam Hardware Weekend sale, bag some cheap kit, Steam Controller now has accessories

I have two steam controller & they are great. I do not have a games console so the whole "but xbox is better" is moot to me. My 9yo is quite good with these controllers as well for the likes of overlord and portal + a couple of RPG games.

decal's look interesting... shame they only let you can't buy multiple of the same type in one go

Quoting: ZeloxThat skin looks really nice. I would probably get a steam controller in the future.
*Looks at his xbox controller* - When will you die?

But is the steam controller even useful outside of steam?
Or is it built to steam?
And can I still get the same value if I use it outside of steam?
Im not saying Im not using steam, but I have been getting less active and prefer sites like GoG.

My big gripe with the Steam Controller is that Valve made it so that it pretty much requires Steam to be running for it to work. There are workarounds, but I'm not sure how well they work, since I tend to just open Steam when I want to use my controller anyway.

As for "Is it useful outside of Steam", I find it to be an amazing Gamecube emulator controller, along with playing pretty much anything else where a controller is a great option. Been lately playing Shovel Knight from GOG by adding it to Steam and customizing the game-specific controller settings and it's working amazingly. If you don't want to add the game to Steam, you're going to have to set the desktop controller settings to the way you want it for Shovel Knight, which isn't a great idea if you have other things you want to use the controller for where that config doesn't work. Or use the workarounds to not use Steam at all.

Good timing , I'm on holiday in the US and Gamestop shops are selling the controller at the same steam discount. Bought two today.

Quoting: camocelticMy big gripe with the Steam Controller is that Valve made it so that it pretty much requires Steam to be running for it to work. There are workarounds, but I'm not sure how well they work, since I tend to just open Steam when I want to use my controller anyway.

As for "Is it useful outside of Steam", I find it to be an amazing Gamecube emulator controller, along with playing pretty much anything else where a controller is a great option. Been lately playing Shovel Knight from GOG by adding it to Steam and customizing the game-specific controller settings and it's working amazingly. If you don't want to add the game to Steam, you're going to have to set the desktop controller settings to the way you want it for Shovel Knight, which isn't a great idea if you have other things you want to use the controller for where that config doesn't work. Or use the workarounds to not use Steam at all.

I can confirm that the SC controller works fine
I tried with a Bigfish game running via WIne using the Steam controller in wireless mode and it works OK...

I don't like Steam Controller because FPS are easier with 2 Joysticks. SC Controller does work good, and it runs a daemon as well which is nice.