Valve offered up a clearer side-by-side image of its updated
Steam Controller today. The second iteration of the
SteamOS gamepad was revealed in
January, and peeled away the center touchscreen in favor of more traditional face buttons. The new buttons consist of a directional pad and standard A, B, X and Y buttons, the latter formerly located around the touchscreen. Valve left the large circular trackpads on the device, but also added a Steam icon button in the center with start and select-like buttons on either side with what appear to be stop and play icons.
The Steam Controller was announced alongside SteamOS and Steam Machines in
September 2013, and was followed up by a hardware beta program that already excluded the controller's touchscreen. We spent some
time with Valve's beta hardware in early January and found the experience lacking on the previous version of the controller with
Hotline Miami and
Portal in particular. Head past the break for a closer look at the updated controller.
[Images: Valve]
