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Valve’s Steam Controller just got a lot more useful outside Steam

Summary by Digital Trends
The Steam Controller’s biggest early limitation was its heavy Steam dependence. With SDL support now in place, it should become much more useful across non-Steam games.

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The Steam Controller is finally opening up to platforms other than Steam, thanks to an update to the open-source software library SDL. Some limitations still remain, however. [Read more] Want to join a community of enthusiasts? Our Discord server welcomes you; it's a place for mutual support and sharing a passion for tech.

Failure for some, advantages for others, the failure to support Xinput by the Steam Controller is always a debate several days after the launch of Valve's last controller. The latter tries to explain how everything is configured via Steam Input, and what the advantages are. Because there are some, it must be recognized! Proposed by Microsoft to manage the Xbox controller in place of DirectInput, Xinput does not date from yesterday and greatly li…

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Digital Trends broke the news in Portland, United States on Sunday, May 17, 2026.
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