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8BitDo announces its controllers now have Steam (SteamOS) compatibility

www.notebookcheck.net 8BitDo announces its controllers now have Steam (SteamOS) compatibility

8BitDo says its controllers are now compatible with Steam/SteamOS. The announcement specifically mentions three models and advises users to update their controllers and Steam client to the latest version.

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www.notebookcheck.net /8BitDo-announces-its-controllers-now-have-Steam-SteamOS-compatibility.1049689.0.html

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full compatibility details will be revealed soon
This is what I'm interested in finding out. Because Steam can pick up any generic-shit-for-brains controller and use it normally. What does "Steam compatibility" give us?
- Remapping controls, like using the sticks to control the mouse etc.
  
  That's also possible by piping your generic controller through Steam Input.
  Now, if 8bit is actually supporting native Steam Input, that's a much bigger deal because we could potentially get access to raw gyro data, stuff that is normally converted to joystick input by the time Steam gets it.
- @cRaziman @linuxgaming @networkswitch
  Maybe just a kind of guarantee that it works out of the box without having to install anything in addition. Don't know 😄

They already did. But I'm hoping this means the elite 2c can now wake the steamdeck.
Article sadly doesn't mention the 2c and I just couldn't stomach paying $20 more for a stand.

As if. Steam(OS) has now compatibility for your controllers. Controllers are hardware, Steam is not. That's putting the cart before the horse, just because the cart is more popular.

My 8BitDo Pro 2 has been my go-to controller for months... But it already worked with Steam.
I am hoping this means I can map the few extra buttons that aren't on an Xbox controller.

If I remember correctly, Valve stated that for being "Steam certified" the controller needs to have capacitive joysticks to regulate the gyro, similar to the "Horipad" that they partnered to release.
I was hoping that 8bitdo would launch a controller that actually has this because it makes gyro much more viable, to the point that I really don't like using gyro without that.
But this announcement is just to indicate explicit compatibility for steam input (which has been available in the beta for a while, btw). I don't think this is a huge change since technically they were compatible before too.. even if it was through the xinput / dinput interface without being recognized as 8bitdo.

I think the controllers work fine, but I'm hoping they will make their app available on Linux

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