People have been shitting on Valve for the controller needing Steam to work as if that was some intentional vendor lock-in, which feels a little unfair as it’s not really a normal controller (due to the trackpads) and so can’t work out the box as one.
This development does make me more likely to want one though, because as much as I just excused Valve, I also do want my hardware to function outside proprietary ecosystems.
A button combo you can press to boot the controller in Xinput mode would’ve still been really nice, it’s long been a standard feature on much cheaper chinese controllers (e.g. GameSir).
tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Good to hear :)
People have been shitting on Valve for the controller needing Steam to work as if that was some intentional vendor lock-in, which feels a little unfair as it’s not really a normal controller (due to the trackpads) and so can’t work out the box as one.
This development does make me more likely to want one though, because as much as I just excused Valve, I also do want my hardware to function outside proprietary ecosystems.
RmDebArc_5@piefed.zip 3 weeks ago
The PS5 controller also has trackpads and can work as a regular controller or be customized via steam input
missphant@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
A button combo you can press to boot the controller in Xinput mode would’ve still been really nice, it’s long been a standard feature on much cheaper chinese controllers (e.g. GameSir).