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Valve releases Steam Controller CAD files under Creative Commons license

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Re: Valve releases Steam Controller CAD files under Creative Commons license

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Post by Orygin »

nerdjon wrote: post #523
Orygin wrote: post #452

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wish people stopped spreading misinformation like this. No the controller works for any game, outside of steam, without steam launched. The only restriction is that to configure the controller, you need steam. Otherwise, you can select a profile for desktop use that is mkb or a generic gamepad, and run your games through that. Of course, you won't have many of the modern features, since XInput does not support anyt…

To be frank, it sounds like you are also spreading misinformation. In a follow-up you even said that you have not received yours to test and that you are only assuming based on the previous steam controller. But your comment here is very definitive and is a major problem at how quick we are to defend Valve when we don't actually know.

Because people are saying the same shit about the previous controller, when it's verifiably false. The new controller operates on exactly the same principles

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Post by sophrosyne42 »

fwipsy wrote: post #288
sophrosyne42 wrote: post #280

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This kind of naiive cynicism is exactly why we don't deserve Valve, and will eventually lose companies like them.

Valve engaged in price fixing by preventing publishers from selling games at a lower price than other platforms. They're committed to openness to the extent that it helps them undercut consoles, but not to the extent of allowing others to undercut them. Selling cheap open hardware seems like classic "commoditize your complement" tactics. (Especially since most gamers will probably just buy from the steam store when u…

The term you are looking for is price gouging (i.e., having a higher price than everyone else). However, these terms (price fixing, gouging, undercutting) are completely vaccuous, and can be equally applied to any market price, making the accusation moot. Monopoly law is just a racket designed to allow rent seeking behavior by companies who do not want to compete.
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