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
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    5 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
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      5 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
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        5 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.

      • emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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        5 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.

  • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comEnglish
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    5 months ago

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

  • Eggyhead@kbin.run
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    5 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?

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 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

    • smegger@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      5 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

  • WolfLink@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    5 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.