3 February 2021, 11:35 pm EST By Valve Steam Controller Made the Company Lose $4 Million: Here's Why the Product was Discontinued ( Screenshot From Linus Tech Tips Official YouTube Channel ) Valve's very own Steam Controller was said to be a quirky device where the company tried to combine the accuracy of a mouse along with the functionality of most traditional game controllers. While it was never really able to achieve the lofty goal, the studio that is behind Half-Life: Alyx probably was not able to predict that the Steam Controller would then cost them about $4 million due to damages. Valve Steam Controller According to an article by TechRadar, Valve has now been ordered to pay quite a princely sum to SCUF Gaming, as noted by VGC after a particular jury had found out that it had infringed a certain patent that was related to the said clickable back paddles of the Steam Controllers. The official patent for these controller paddles, or what is known as the back buttons, belongs to the SCUF parent company known as Ironburg Inventions, who then said that Valve was aware that its conduct had involved an unreasonable risk of the patent infringement but then decided to simply proceed to infringe anyway.