The move adds features to the storefront's "Controller-Friendly Hub", including the ability to filter by the specific type of controller. — Photo by Nadine Shaabana on Unsplash
Steam has pushed an update expanding full controller support on the platform's storefront to both PlayStation DualShock and DualSense controllers.
The move adds features to the storefront's "Controller-Friendly Hub", including the ability to filter by the specific type of controller.
This filter will be automatically applied in the hub page depending on the last controller that a user played with, though they will also be able to manually select the specific type of controller to change the filter.
Title-specific store pages will also indicate the type of controller that it has full support for, whether it be an Xbox, PlayStation or Steam Input API controller.
Panels on the store pages of specific titles will indicate its controller compatibility. — Steam
These indicators can also be detailed, specifying whether the title only supports a specific type of controller if it is connected via Bluetooth or USB.
This also means that those flagged as having full support will be able "to do almost all of the common actions and interactions that you would expect to be able to do with a controller”, writes the company in its announcement post.
For those with only partial support, a keyboard may be required for certain interactions, or display the wrong button prompt on-screen intended for a different controller.
Previously, store pages only indicated that a title has controller-support, but did not indicate on whether it was just for a specific model. The updated feature will also flag if a controller is required for that specific game.
Users’ game libraries have also received similar controller-based filtering tools, which carries over the the desktop app's Big Picture Mode, meant for entirely controller-based navigation.
