A new Steam Controller is coming

Man, it's been a while since I've used the original Steam Controller, but many of the good parts from it went into the Steam Deck. And from there, Valve's taken what they've learned and will be releasing a brand new Steam Controller early next year.

The Steam Controller feature two TMR sticks, which should eliminate drift. I'm really glad to see Valve go with something other then potentiometers here as I replaced the sticks on my Steam Deck with Hall Effect ones and they are working great. TMR sticks should be even better.

Besides the usual D-Pad, two triggers, and four face buttons, there's also the classic Valve style trackpads under the sticks. These will help with games like RTS or other strategic like games where a mouse is the preferred method of controlling. 

Underneath are four grip buttons, which can be programmed for other functions as you see fit. 

There will be rumble, of course, and each thumb stick are capacitive sensing so it'll know when thumbs are resting on it. One of the cooler features of the Steam Deck was the motion control and the Steam Controller will retain the gyroscopic ability as well.

Valve says you'll be able to get about 35 hours on a single charge and the included charging puck, which attaches magnetically to the controller and charges through pogo pins, doubles as a receiver. Running on a proprietary implementation in the 2.4GHz range, up to four controllers can pair up with one puck and there shouldn't be any interference at all with the controllers having around an 8ms latency to them. 

It certainly looks like a solid PC controller and will also work with your mobile devices via Bluetooth. Look for the Steam Controller sometime early next year.