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It’s now much easier to find games on Steam that support PlayStation controllersPlayStation controller use has quadrupled since 2019, say Valve
PlayStation controller use has quadrupled since 2019, say Valve
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Thelatest updateto Valve’s PC marketplace adds handy tabs for DualShock and DualSense controllers to game pages, in the same way that games that support Xbox controllers have noted their support for a while now. There’s also an extra tab for games that allow use of the Steam Input API, which apparently supports over 200 extra controllers.
The store page marker has been made a bit more detailed too, with game pages now specifically whether games have “Full” or “Partial” support for each Xbox and PlayStation controller - with Full meaning you can do everything in a game with a controller and Partial meaning you might still need to use a mouse and keyboard for a few things, or that a game might not have custom on-screen button prompts and so on.
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Valve dropped some interesting stats about controller use in their blog post running through the update, including the fact that around 12% of all Steam players “regularly” use a controller - which goes up to over 80% of players for what they hilariously refer to as “popular ball sports games” (ie.FIFAand football games, I’m assuming) and more than 50% for “popular punishing RPGs”, which I’m going to guess meansSoulslikes.
The controller updates are live now, so you can go forth and use your DualSense and DualShock in whatever ball sport game,punishing RPGor, I don’t know, justVampire Survivorsor something.
