{"id":10931,"date":"2026-04-27T17:38:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T17:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/the-new-steam-controller-is-real-find-out-whats-improved\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T17:38:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T17:38:01","slug":"the-new-steam-controller-is-real-find-out-whats-improved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/the-new-steam-controller-is-real-find-out-whats-improved\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Steam Controller Is Real! Find Out What&#8217;s Improved"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Valve is bringing back the Steam Controller, and it\u2019s a massive upgrade over the original. From the $99 price tag <!--more--> to where this could fit in the Valve lineup, we\u2019re breaking down what we like, how it handles, and why this is the perfect companion for the Steam Deck, Steam Machine or any gaming PC.<\/p>\n<p>Add CNET as a trusted news source <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=cnet.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=cnet.com<\/a><br \/>\nNever miss a deal again! See CNET\u2019s browser extension \ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3lO7sOU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3lO7sOU<\/a><br \/>\nCheck out CNET\u2019s Amazon Storefront: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/shop\/cnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/shop\/cnet<\/a><br \/>\nSubscribe to CNET on YouTube: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/cnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/cnet<\/a><br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/<\/a>@cnetdotcom<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cnet<\/a><br \/>\nFollow us on Bluesky: <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/cnet.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/cnet.com<\/a><br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cnet<\/a><br \/>\nCNET&#8217;s AI Atlas: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/ai-atlas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/ai-atlas<\/a><br \/>\nFollow us on X: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.x.com\/cnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.x.com\/cnet<\/a><br \/>\nVisit CNET.com:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.cnet.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>#valve #steamcontroller #steam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valve is bringing back the Steam Controller, and it\u2019s a massive upgrade over the original. From the $99 price tag<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}