Earlier this week, Valve introduced a brand new developer instrument that ought to make it a lot simpler for PC gamers to find out which Steam video games help PlayStation controllers.
A submit on the Steamworks Development Events web page mentions that builders now have entry to a instrument that may permit them to specify whether or not their video games help DualShock 4 and/or DualSense controllers. The submit mentions builders can describe the controller help for his or her particular recreation.
More curiously, beginning in October, Valve will roll out a function that shows info on the Steam retailer and Steam Desktop app, permitting gamers to see which video games help both controller. Valve additional notes that new filters will roll out on the Steam Desktop consumer to indicate whether or not a recreation you at present have in your library has help for a PlayStation controller. Some browse pages can even be up to date to make it extra seamless to search out which new video games can be found on the digital storefront that may help these particular PlayStation gamepads.
The announcement should not be too shocking contemplating that, whereas PC video games are historically performed on a mouse and keyboard, Steam identified that over 87 million customers play at the very least one utilizing a gamepad. Although most (in accordance with Valve, 69%) of those gamers use an Xbox controller, Steam affords help for different gamepads, together with the DualSense and Switch Pro controllers. Not to say lately, Sony has been porting its video games together with Spider-Man Remastered, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, and God of War onto PC and buying PC porting specialist Nixxes final 12 months.
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