Steam will quickly present which video games assist PlayStation controllers

The Steam retailer will quickly inform you if a recreation helps Sony’s DualSense or DualShock controllers. Valve posted an update for developers this week, saying that the function would go reside in Steam’s retailer and desktop app beginning in October. Valve hints that extra controller-friendly options might be on their method to Steam. “This is step one towards serving to gamers discover video games that assist essentially the most commonly-used PC online game controllers,” the corporate wrote.

Builders ought to now see a brand new questionnaire in Steamworks, Valve’s recreation creation instruments for its ubiquitous digital storefront. The survey lets devs specify whether or not their recreation provides full or partial assist for Xbox, DualShock and DualSense controllers. Valve says the filters may even show every PlayStation controller’s utilization degree, serving to players be taught which gamepads individuals use essentially the most.

Valve chalks up the choice to rising numbers of gamers utilizing PlayStation controllers. It says Sony controller utilization has grown from 11 % of periods in 2018 to 27 % right now. The corporate provides that, since 2017, over 87 million Steam customers have performed no less than as soon as utilizing a controller. Amongst that group, 69 % have used “some model of Xbox controllers,” whereas the rest used “a mixture of PlayStation controllers, Change Professional Controllers, and a whole bunch of different units.”