Steam :: Steam News :: An update on Steam Input and controller support
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Hello! More players than ever are choosing to play Steam games with a controller, and we thought it would be a good time to share some stats about controller usage on Steam along with an update about Steam Input. Stats: Controller use on Steam Since 2018, daily average controller use has tripled from ~5% to up to 15% of all sessions ~42% of these controller sessions are using Steam Input (enabling over 300 supported controllers, custom button bindings, and community configurations) During that...
  • Aurenkin@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    37·
    6 months ago

    That’s pretty cool, I didn’t realise there were so many folks using controllers on Steam. I also absolutely love Steam Input.

    I just want a steam controller 2 that’s basically exactly the same as the steam deck input scheme!

    • w2tpmf@lemmy.worldEnglish
      95·
      6 months ago

      Saw a post today with the new “official” Steam Controller. It’s trash. None of the features that made the first one cool. Doesn’t even have rumble.

      • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
        8·
        6 months ago

        No, you didn’t. You saw a third party controller.

        I guess the goal is to profit from confusion, and it seems like it’s working because even people on Lemmy are tricked by it. Consider the average consumer.

        • w2tpmf@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          6 months ago

          Tech sites say that it’s officially licenses by Steam, and it has the Steam logo on it.

          Either they have Valve’s blessing on it, or Valve’s legal team is fuckin sleeping.

      • emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        8·
        6 months ago

        I assume we saw the same one but it wasn’t an ‘official’ controller, it was a 3rd party one specifically designed with steam in mind. Made by a company called Hori. Valve hasn’t announced another steam controller yet.

  • WolfLink@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    161·
    6 months ago

    Steam Input is the GOAT. If I’m playing a non-Steam game with a controller, I usually set it up to launch through Steam to take advantage of it.

  • Eggyhead@kbin.run
    14·
    6 months ago

    59% of sessions are using Xbox controllers 26% are using PlayStation controllers 10% are on Steam Decks

    Are other controllers registering as xbox controllers are do people really use them that much?

    • smegger@aussie.zoneEnglish
      26·
      6 months ago

      Xbox controllers work with windows with pretty much zero configuration. Either use USB or the appropriate receiver dongle. This probably contributes a lot to it’s popularity.

      Also the older and newer style controllers likely all just report as Xbox controllers and the wired 360 controllers are dirt cheap

      • mihntEnglish
        11·
        6 months ago

        They work on some Linux distros with zero configuration as well. Mint being one of those.

        (This is through bluetooth that I’m speaking of.)

      • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldEnglish
        82·
        6 months ago

        That, and they’re simply the best controllers for pc under $150-200

        Edit: corrected currency conversion error

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldEnglish
      91·
      6 months ago

      Based on the fact that they’re by far the best controllers for pc under $150-200, I’d say 59% ACTUAL Xbox controllers is plausible.

      Edit: corrected currency conversion error

    • WMTYRO@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      6 months ago

      Before a lot of the compatibility like Steam Input and the like, some controller users had to download weird conversion drivers that made Windows see connected controllers as Xbox controllers. I did this with my old PS3 controller.

  • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comEnglish
    9·
    6 months ago

    For those using an Elite controller, Bazzite handles the back paddles nicely (on Bluetooth in the Plasma version).

  • Atomic@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    6 months ago

    I just hope they make an upgraded Stram Controller.

    I bought it when it came out. Been using it ever since. Still holds up and legit feels so great in your hands. I really have no idea what I will do the day mime breaks.