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Valve Already Upstreams Support For The New Steam Controller To SDL3 (www.phoronix.com)
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Just hours ago Valve announced the new Steam Controller along with the Steam Frame VR headset and new Steam Machine. While these new Steam hardware products won't be available until early 2026, Valve has just-now upstreamed support for the new Steam Controller to the SDL3 library.

The Simple DirectMedia Library (SDL) is important to Valve's Steam runtime and used by many games for cross-platform hardware/software abstractions. In ensuring good support ahead of the new Steam Controller's retail availability and seeing that it makes it into the next SDL3 update, today that new Steam Controller support is already upstreamed to SDL Git.

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[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 46 points 3 days ago (1 children)

damn there I am simping for a company again. Promised myself it wouldn't happen after Sega

[–] itkovian@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

We should acknowledge the good, just as we should call out the bad. It's not really simping if you point out the good Valve is doing.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

probably should wait and see what the prices are before people start falling to their knees with mouths wide open.

[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 26 points 4 days ago

Yup that controller is mine. Gimme gimme

[–] 30p87@feddit.org 23 points 4 days ago

Valve promises greatness, but fucking DELIVERS

[–] juipeltje@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I guess with the steamdeck's touchpads in mind this design makes sense, but damn does that thing look bulky lol. Maybe it feels more comfortable to hold than it looks.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Looks like it's basically a steam deck without the screen. And the deck is very comfortable

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

wasnt there a guy that made a "Steamdeck controller" thats basically identical to this?

[–] OrgunDonor@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I dont think it looks that bulky at all to be fair. It looks like a PS5 controller, but on the stand I have.

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I think it looks like it will be the most comfortable and usable controller I will own, cause I love the PS5 controller, and I love the steam deck. This is the best combination of that.

[–] juipeltje@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Yeah i just watched the LTT video and it doesn't actually look that bad when he's holding it. I'll probably be sticking to my PS5 controller since i don't really have a good reason to buy another one. Now that i think of it, i remember initially being sceptical about the PS4 and 5 controllers as well when they came out, but i always ended up preferring the newer design. PS4 controller felt uncomfortable after using the PS5 controller, and the same thing happened going from 3 to 4.

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Hey you might be able to help me, how do you find the dualsense for across program gaming? I am finding some issues with emulators and steam input. Was hoping for a catchall, someone already mapped everything file.

[–] Muffi@programming.dev 4 points 2 days ago

Finally a controller for adult-sized hands!

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Hopefully SDL2 will also get good support. It's still quite common.