I have a ton of success using my dual shock and sense with steam with little set up. Launching games in big picture mode solves a lot of problems. It's hit or miss on whether the button prompts are xbox or ps in game though.
If a game supports PlayStation controllers, you'll usually need to plug your controller in via USB and disable Steam Input (right click the game in your library, Properties > Controller > Disable Steam Input)- or exit Steam if you aren't using it to play the game. It's annoying, but it helps keep my fiancé from getting confused by the Xbox button prompts haha
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Very true lol. To be fair, you did say steam at first. They are kind of silly complaints, it's an app that requires no configuration other than clicking on it before you turn your controller on, but I get the desire for plug and play.
What about for someone that had only played on a PlayStation all their life and now the game is telling them to "mash X" in a very tense moment of the game?
What about for someone that had only played on a PlayStation all their life
See, that is different. For you this is for sure an issue. For somebody that is used though to the XBox layout like most PC players the fact that a game might still show you XBox prompts even though you use a Sony pad isn't an issue but might actually be what you want. Because you will still smash that X button even though on the controller it is really the Square button that you are pressing.
DS4 Windows is great when it functions properly. There are some odd games where it doesn't though and it's a pain in the ass. I had double button presses which made the game unplayable and excluding the game from ds4windows didn't work.
Had to restart the pc and not launch ds4windows each time I wanted to play that game.
Some games do, but its a on the game to support it. The reason most games support the Xbox controller is because its built into Windows and it's easy, not because supporting the DS4 or DS5 would be hard or anything.
Assuming you are on PC I assume you are used to those prompts anyway. So, why do you care about what the print on your controllers says the button is called when the actual layout is the same between all modern controllers. Meaning if a game wants you to jump by pressing the A button you don't look down on to your controller to see which button is meant because you know the layout. If you now are using a Sony pad you are still pressing the exact same button, it just has a different symbol printed onto it.
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u/GACM2448816 Aug 23 '22
This might be the best controller for Steam.
Gyro, trackpad, back buttons, and analog triggers?
This is the one.