Valve is going to release game controllers for the Steam Machine

Valve has announced that it intends to release Steam Controller for the Steam Machine gaming system, instead of giving it the right to third-party manufacturers. Recall that in the case of the gaming system, Valve decided to use an open strategy, allowing third-party manufacturers to build their own Steam Machine with various technical specifications.

However, Valve’s plans do not include licensing for the controller side for a new gaming station at all. At least for now.

“The controller will be a Valve product. We are going to produce it ourselves and supply it to third parties, that is, to all the Steam Machine assemblers who want to equip their systems with this controller, ”Greg Cumer of Valve shared in an interview with the IGN game portal.

“This does not mean that we are so angry and are going to conquer the iron production market without any help, and we believe that we should turn our eyes 90 degrees and begin to move towards our success and money in this market. We just really want this controller to exist on the market. ”

After working on the controller, Valve realized that she was a little tired of borrowing ideas from other companies.

“We want manufacturers to get the production capabilities that we think are most important. Those that allow people to play all the games from Steam. And we really believe that the provision of a design of production of the controller on an outsourcing basis and its assembly by third parties will not be able to convey to players the idea of ​​a common design for all and will allow putting the controller to the market in the shortest possible time.

A company representative also noted that the monopoly on the production of the controller does not mean that Valve is going to demand a lot of money for it.

“We make many different decisions, many of which do not always have a positive impact on production costs. But this does not mean that we are going to lose money in its production. We have seriously approached this issue and already have some blueprints on how we will produce it. I want to note that this approach is not at all like the decisions that other iron producers use in their strategy, ”Kumer specified.

The first batch of three hundred Steam Machines and controllers for them will be provided to the first lucky ones for testing this year. The final design of the gaming system and controller will be presented next year.

The article is based on materials https://hi-news.ru/computers/valve-sobiraetsya-sama-vypuskat-igrovye-kontrollery-dlya-steam-machine.html.