Steam Hardware
A place to discuss and support all Steam Hardware, including Steam Deck, Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and SteamOS in general.
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- Posts must be related to Steam Hardware or Steam OS in an obvious way.
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- Discussion of emulators are allowed, but no discussion on how to illegally acquire ROMs.
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I've had the Deck for 10 months now. Mostly I tend to play in handheld mode, but I do play alot in "couch mode" too. I have the following controllers at my disposal, all these work with the Deck:
The Steam Controller is a bit meh, since it only has one analog stick and no D-pad at all. It's good for games that require mouse control, but other than that I only use it for couch multiplayer games when all other controllers are taken.
8Bitdo is good for D-pad games, so mostly emulators and couch multiplayers.
Nintendo Switch Pro Controller This is the most comfortable gamepad that I currently own. I would use it more on the couch, but usually it is paired with the Switch and it is too much of a pain to change the pairing over to the Deck.
So my most used controller on the couch is the F710. If it is currently working for you, no need to change it. I would wait for Valve to release an updated version of the Steam Controller and get that when the time is right.
The Nintendo Pro controller needs a warning: triggers are not analog, they're normal buttons. On the Switch you don't notice its too much because no game uses them, but otherwise it's an important bit of information. Even something simple like Grand Theft Auto is going to be worse for it as soon as driving comes into the picture.