Steam will quickly present which video games help 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, asserting that the characteristic would go reside in Steam’s retailer and desktop app beginning in October. Valve hints that extra controller-friendly options could possibly be on their method to Steam. “This is step one towards serving to gamers discover video games that help probably 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 affords full or partial help for Xbox, DualShock and DualSense controllers. Valve says the filters may also show every PlayStation controller’s utilization stage, serving to players be taught which gamepads individuals use probably the most.

Valve chalks up the choice to rising numbers of gamers utilizing PlayStation controllers. It says Sony controller utilization has grown from 11 p.c of classes in 2018 to 27 p.c right now. The corporate provides that, since 2017, over 87 million Steam customers have performed not less than as soon as utilizing a controller. Amongst that group, 69 p.c have used “some model of Xbox controllers,” whereas the rest used “a mixture of PlayStation controllers, Change Professional Controllers, and a whole lot of different units.”