Steam Controller review: even without a Steam Machine mate, this is a smartly crafted gamepad that puts PCs first

Well, one out of three ain’t bad. The second-generation Steam Controller is upon us, the sole survivor of Valve’s delays on its RAM-troubled new hardware. "Go on without us," the Steam Machine and Steam Frame VR headset presumably whispered to a reluctant Controller, which could only blink back tears of thumbstick lubricant as both were buried under the pile of money that it now takes to buy two DDR5 sticks. Still! You don’t need a Steam Machine, or indeed any SteamOS device, to have a good button-bashing time with the Steam Controller. It’s a comfortable and highly functional pad that’s much more accessible than the owl-faced 2015 original, while managing to feel even more like a focused, specialist PC tool for traditional Windows rigs. Read more