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Earlier this year, Valve opened the flood gates for pre-orders of the Steam Controller and the Steam Link streaming box. Things were already off to a good start, with early bird stock selling out pretty fast but now Valve is looking to sweeten the deal with two free games for those who pre-order.
The first game you'll get is Portal 2, which seems like an easy choice for Valve to make. The second game is not one of Valve's own but one that has exploded in popularity in recent weeks, that game is Rocket League, which has consistently been on the top sellers list on Steam since its launch.
Rocket League is definitely a game worth giving a go if you're in to competitive/sport style games, both Jon and I have been playing it quite a bit this month, as have many, many streamers.
Obviously, given that this is Valve's first venture in to the hardware realm, pre-ordering may not be the best idea until we've seen some reviews of the Steam Link or Controller. However, if you have the money and are willing to risk it out of curiosity, then we certainly can't fault you for that. The Steam Controller and Steam Link come in at £39.99 each, you can buy both directly through Steam already. Units will begin shipping out on the 10th of November, just in time for Fallout 4.
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KitGuru Says: If you don't already own Portal 2 or Rocket League, then this sweetens the deal a little bit if you were looking at getting the Steam Controller or Steam Link. I'll probably end up getting both out of curiosity. I've previously tested Nvidia's streaming with the Shield Tablet, so I'm pretty interested to see how Valve's implementation performs.
What if you already bought Rocket league and portal 2 and you’re one of the early adopters of this? Do you just get screwed? or will they give some form of compensation to these people?
You’re not really getting screwed out of anything, it’s just a pre-order promotion. If you already have those games then you aren’t missing out on anything. They aren’t just going to give out ‘compensation’ because you were excited about two games and bought them prior to this deal.
he could still probably use them as gifts/trades. honestly don’t remember if the problems in that system ever got fixed, but assuming they have he could just use that method. either trade for another game, or weasel out of having to give a proper present to someone on a holiday.
I pre-ordered the Controller on June 5th and Rocket League is off my wishlist and in my library already, Portal 2 is available to gift too 🙂
I can’t really justify spending £40 on a new controller that I don’t need and will likely be no better or worse than my current one. Meh.
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The controller will be better than any one you currently have though, it’s not spring-loaded and it’s 1:1.