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I think that article’s headline is incorrect. Valve’s article said that 10% of controller sessions are Steam Decks, not 10% of Steam Input sessions. Here’s Valve’s article: steamcommunity.com/games/…/4142827237888316812

So weird that only 15% of Steam sessions are using controllers. I thought everyone had a controller. Most games are just better with a gamepad.

59% of controller sessions are using Xbox controllers. Not surprising, but I wonder how many of those Xbox controllers aren’t actually Xbox controllers. I use an 8BitDo Pro 2, which uses X-Input on PC. Though the majority of my gaming is done on Deck now.

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JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Most games are better with a mouse and keyboard, from my limited controller experience. Smooth mouse movements, rather than pressing a lever to move the camera rotation in jerky motions which you then have to jerk back because you went too far. Lots of keys on a keyboard mean you can quickly launch a bunch of different menus with a single button press. And some mice have haptic feedback, which would be the main outstanding benefit of a controller.

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- PastaRhythm@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  I find gamepads to be more comfortable than mouse and keyboard, and most modern games are designed such that all of their functions can be performed comfortably on controller. I also tend to play a lot of games that benefit from having an analog stick.
  
  All just preference, of course. Kb/m and gamepads are good at different things.
  
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Weslee@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Controllers being better is your opinion, and seems like most steam players don’t agree.

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- PastaRhythm@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Very fair. Personally, I think most games made today are designed around gamepads (with the exception of some genres, especially shooters), but even then kb/m does work fine for most games.
  
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moonburster@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
What I also wonder is if it’s measured by connected devices. I leave my controller in all the time

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sushibowl@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

So weird that only 15% of Steam sessions are using controllers. I thought everyone had a controller. Most games are just better with a gamepad.

Even if that was true, not all games have the same number of players. Counterstrike and dota 2 regularly top the most played list on steam, and are terrible with a controller. It shouldn’t be surprising that most sessions have a kb/m if that’s what people are mostly playing.

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- PastaRhythm@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  That’s a good point. I did say “most games” because some genres are definitely better on kb/m, but I didn’t think about how that’s what most Steam users are probably playing.
  
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