• uniquethrowagay@feddit.org
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    6 days ago

    If you don’t need trackpads or touch sensitive sticks, there are better options out there. If you do need those things and want input parity with Steam Deck, it’s going to be a great experience.

    There will also certainly be community developed drivers in a few months so you can use it outside of Steam.

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      6 days ago

      There will also certainly be community developed drivers in a few months so you can use it outside of Steam.

      Very likely. Kind of odd that they don’t come with this functionality by default, since even PS5 controllers worked with PC at launch.

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        6 days ago

        I love Steam hardware, but yes, it’s close to unacceptable that it doesn’t default to like xinput or whatever.

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      “If you don’t need trackpads or touch sensitive sticks, there are better options out there.”

      Not challenging this, more a market research, what would be those alternatives?

      I play most my games via Steam Linux PC. What would be a better plug and play option to the new Steam Controller?

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        5 days ago

        I’m not too familiar with the current controller market. 8bitdo has a good reputation, for example. But basically every controller out there works plug and play with Steam, even Nintendo ones.