My experience with The Division 2 beta regarding Dualshock 4 controller support made me realize this.
I've been spoiled with The Division 1. Being on Steam, I simply had to turn on my controller to play the game. Everything works flawlessly, including the vibration. Last night, I started The Division 2 beta and I was surprised that it actually supports DS4 natively. I was happy until I started shooting, where's the damn vibration?
I tried running DS4Windows but it only made the game recognizes 2 controller input which made it unplayable, so I closed it. Then I searched on Google to find that people has been asking about DS4 vibration fix in Ubi forums since 2014, when the game originally launched. I also found a similar thread asking the same question in 2018. They never fix it. At this point, I was absolutely gutted. I almost dropped the game altogether (yes, just because it lacks of controller vibration). But then I remember that you can add non-Steam games to enjoy Steam features, including controller support. At first, it didn't work because I added uplay launcher (old guides say that), but after I added the game's exe directly, it finally works and I can play with DS4 & vibration.
This shows how important Steam is for me. It's not blind fanboyism. I simply need its features to get the most enjoyment of my gaming. Without Steam, I'm at the mercy of the developers whether they want to support my controller of choice or not. At least I have a DS4, it receives native support in lots of games more than ever before. But imagine how it is for less popular controller owners like DS, Switch Pro, Steam controller, etc?
Without Steam, people are forced to use an XBox controller, or else you need to hope that the devs would support your controller. For DS4, you can at least use DS4Windows which would solve most problems, but the other controller would be rendered useless. I've read reports that the Steam controller doesn't even work on Ashen, an Epic Store exclusive game. Thankfully, there's Steam. With Steam, you can add non-Steam games and play any game with your preferred controller. I'm not sure when, but it seems that it's been updated that you can hook the game's .exe file directly to run it as non-Steam game. A few years ago, it was a huge hassle to setup.
Without Steam, millions of controllers would be unusable on PC. And it saddens me to see that many people really wanted to see Steam failing.
I've been spoiled with The Division 1. Being on Steam, I simply had to turn on my controller to play the game. Everything works flawlessly, including the vibration. Last night, I started The Division 2 beta and I was surprised that it actually supports DS4 natively. I was happy until I started shooting, where's the damn vibration?
I tried running DS4Windows but it only made the game recognizes 2 controller input which made it unplayable, so I closed it. Then I searched on Google to find that people has been asking about DS4 vibration fix in Ubi forums since 2014, when the game originally launched. I also found a similar thread asking the same question in 2018. They never fix it. At this point, I was absolutely gutted. I almost dropped the game altogether (yes, just because it lacks of controller vibration). But then I remember that you can add non-Steam games to enjoy Steam features, including controller support. At first, it didn't work because I added uplay launcher (old guides say that), but after I added the game's exe directly, it finally works and I can play with DS4 & vibration.
This shows how important Steam is for me. It's not blind fanboyism. I simply need its features to get the most enjoyment of my gaming. Without Steam, I'm at the mercy of the developers whether they want to support my controller of choice or not. At least I have a DS4, it receives native support in lots of games more than ever before. But imagine how it is for less popular controller owners like DS, Switch Pro, Steam controller, etc?
Without Steam, people are forced to use an XBox controller, or else you need to hope that the devs would support your controller. For DS4, you can at least use DS4Windows which would solve most problems, but the other controller would be rendered useless. I've read reports that the Steam controller doesn't even work on Ashen, an Epic Store exclusive game. Thankfully, there's Steam. With Steam, you can add non-Steam games and play any game with your preferred controller. I'm not sure when, but it seems that it's been updated that you can hook the game's .exe file directly to run it as non-Steam game. A few years ago, it was a huge hassle to setup.
Without Steam, millions of controllers would be unusable on PC. And it saddens me to see that many people really wanted to see Steam failing.