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Valve's New Steam Controller Is the Best Argument for PC Gaming on Your TV
4/30/2026
There's a moment The Verge's Jay Peters describes in his review of Valve's new Steam Controller that cuts right to the heart of why this thing matters: he pressed a back button out of habit, and the controller took a screenshot — exactly the shortcut he'd already programmed on hi…
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