{"id":1180036,"date":"2023-09-07T17:30:38","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T21:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1180036"},"modified":"2023-09-07T17:30:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T21:30:38","slug":"steam-will-soon-show-which-games-support-playstation-controllers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1180036","title":{"rendered":"Steam will soon show which games support PlayStation controllers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Steam store will soon tell you if a game supports Sony\u2019s DualSense or DualShock controllers. Valve posted an update for developers<\/a> this week, announcing that the feature would go live in Steam\u2019s store and desktop app starting in October. Valve hints that more controller-friendly features could be on their way to Steam. \u201cThis is the first step toward helping players find games that support the most commonly-used PC video game controllers,\u201d the company wrote.<\/p>\n

Developers should now see a new questionnaire in Steamworks<\/a>, Valve\u2019s game creation tools for its ubiquitous digital storefront. The survey lets devs specify whether their game offers full or partial support for Xbox, DualShock and DualSense controllers. Valve says the filters will also display each PlayStation controller\u2019s usage level, helping gamers learn which gamepads people use the most.<\/p>\n

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Valve chalks up the decision to rising numbers of players using PlayStation controllers. It says Sony controller usage has grown from 11 percent of sessions in 2018 to 27 percent today. The company adds that, since 2017, over 87 million Steam users have played at least once using a controller. Among that group, 69 percent have used \u201csome version of Xbox controllers,\u201d while the remainder used \u201ca mix of PlayStation controllers, Switch Pro Controllers, and hundreds of other devices.\u201d<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/steam-will-soon-show-which-games-support-playstation-controllers-213038795.html?src=rss
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The Steam store will soon tell you if a game supports Sony\u2019s DualSense or DualShock controllers. Valve posted an update for developers this week, announcing that the feature would go live in Steam\u2019s store and desktop app starting in October. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99,110],"tags":[98],"class_list":["post-1180036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engadget","category-unfiltered-rss","tag-engadget"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1180036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1180036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1180036\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1180036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1180036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1180036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}