Valve’s Announcement: Support for PlayStation 5 Controller on Steam Store

PlayStation 5 controller

exist An announcement from Valve to developersAccording to , the Steam store will begin to mark whether games support Sony’s DualSense or DualShock game controllers (handpieces). In Valve’s game listing tool Steamworks, developers will see a new questionnaire that allows developers to indicate whether their games provide full or partial support for Xbox, DualShock and DualSense controllers. In addition to allowing buyers to know whether their controllers are suitable for use, Valve will also collect relevant data to let players know which controllers are the most popular in the game.

Valve says the aim is to make it easier for players to find games that support their controllers. Data shows that the number of users of PlayStation game controllers has increased significantly in recent years, accounting for 11% of the total game controller usage in 2018 and now reaching 27%. If expanded to include all players who have used a game controller at least once, the total number of these players since 2017 has reached 87 million, with Xbox controllers still accounting for the largest number at 69%, and PlayStation controllers accounting for the remainder , Switch Pro Controller, and hundreds of other brands.