For those that want to play PC video games utilizing a controller, Microsoft’s Xbox peripheral has traditionally been the go-to accent – with many PC titles outright not supporting PlayStation controllers (not less than not with out Third-party software program). Finally, Steam is including an indicator to its Steam retailer listings, letting DualShock and DualSense homeowners know which video games will and will not work utilizing their controllers.
Making the announcement on their weblog, the workforce at Valve introduced an replace to their Steamworks web page, saying “Steamworks has a brand new controller-support questionnaire for builders to higher describe the units supported by the sport. If your sport performs nicely with a DualShock or DualSense Controller (PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 respectively), now you can specify that info inside Steamworks.”
They continued, “This is step one towards serving to gamers discover video games that assist essentially the most commonly-used PC online game controllers. Starting in October, we’ll present this info to gamers within the Steam retailer and Steam desktop consumer.”
With builders quickly with the ability to specify controller assist, gamers can even be given new instruments, permitting them to filter titles based mostly on what controllers the sport works with, making it an total way more user-friendly expertise.
While Third-party software program equivalent to DS4Windows and DualSenseX exist already to function a bridge between PlayStation controllers and PC titles, with the ability to simply determine which video games will and will not work natively with Sony’s controllers shall be a extremely welcome change.
KitGuru says: What controller do you utilize on PC (when you use one)? Would you wish to see extra video games natively assist the DualSense? Let us know down under.
