Steam now lets you know if games support PlayStation DualSense or DualShock controllers
Valve has released a fresh Steam update that makes it even simpler to discover games supported by different controllers.
While it has been easy to find Steam games that support Xbox controllers, Valve has now built upon this function to make finding games that support both the DualSense and its predecessor the DualShock a doddle.
As part of an upgraded controller-friendly hub, Steam users can explore games by controller type when browsing the vast library. It will «default» to the controller any given user played with most recently, but there is also the option to adjust the filters.
«These improvements add better options for sorting and filtering areas of the Steam store, seeing clear compatibility information on individual store pages, and finding whether games in one's library will work well with the controller in their hands,» Valve explained.
You can read the full Steam patch notes below:
As part of this new blog post, Valve also laid out some interesting statistics, explaining why it takes controller support on its platform so seriously.
According to the post, over 3bn game sessions included a controller over the past 12 months. Of this number, 60 percent used an Xbox controller, 27 percent used a PS model and the remaining percentage was «Steam Deck, Switch Pro, and hundreds of other controller models».
Records from this same period ending in November 2019 saw 990m controller sessions, showing how much controller use has grown since that time.
While mouse and keyboard still reigns supreme on Steam (poet and didn't know it), Valve said around 12 percent of its active players use a controller regularly. Meanwhile, there are a number of games, such as ball sports titles, that see up to 80 percent of their
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