Restricting users with Steam controller.

That it give much more important stuff on sg that should be handled.

And because this don't happen, since years, i not believe that something else will be handled.

So "bury the dream" of new features.

You mean Steam Deck, right?
Because I think Steam Controller has already EOLed.

you mean steam deck ?
because having a games exclusive to controller would seem weird .
I guess you could check inventory for the limited items from purchasing the steam deck .
But i dont think i saw any steam deck exclusive games :D

I don't really think it's easy to implement this. There are VR only games too, and unlike steam deck compatible games, they can not be played without a VR headset (I don't know of any steam deck game that can't be played on PC). Yet, we don't have any feature to limit it to VR owners only. It makes little sense since hardware owned by players can change, they can break or be in semi-usable conditions, one may borrow hardware for a particular game, and people can easily lie about owning or planning on getting one. I doubt there's any easy but 100% certain method of determining if the player has a working hardware or plans on getting it.

PS: I am assuming you mean steam deck since as lockcjwen said, steam controller has already reached it's EOL.

are there though? i can't think of any game which ONLY works with the Steam Deck or controller - perhaps some examples please

Maybe a dumb question for those in the know: Are there actually games demanding exclusively a Steam controller to play?

Steam input allow use of all controller even if don't have support for

It seems you meant Steam Deck because Steam Controller isn't in the production anymore. Also, there is no such thing as "Steam Deck Exclusive" since Steam Deck verified means that game can run on Linux out of the box and also tested on Steam Deck. So, it's no use to restrict giveaways for the Deck, there is no point.

or planning to have it.

Sounds like an abuse for me. Besides, i dont think there is a way to check it unless if the user shared the data (like filling a form whether they have a controller or not), and people can easily lie for it.

There was even one of my giveaways for a vr game where the winner doesnt seem to have the vr headset but still want the game for +1. I dont think the restriction will do any difference for the gifters in general.

I think he actually means Steam Controller, but he mistakenly thinks the requirement is to have that specfic controller. No game does that. Some games, like Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons, require A conroller, meaning they can't be played with mouse and keyboard.

I was thinking you mean VR games only, but after reading the comments, you mean Controller/Joystick.

I dont know how many games just allow a input Controller and not keyboard, but I dont think that may be a lot of them.

btw, I dont know how SG can "discriminante/Select sub categories in games."

but, would be great to separate adult games from the rest. even if i dont think this can be done.

In the GA's description, you could say, "To be valid winner, you must already own a SteamDeck-exclusive game. Make your library public, and tell me in the comments what SteamDeck-exclusive game you already own. If I can't confirm that title, I will pick a new winner."

You could also use Invite-only, and make a discussion thread that gets reused like the anti-ninja and orphan threads get reused.

Since when? IIRC "controller" recommended was never Steam only...Xbox works 99% of the time.

I understand that I'm a bit late to the discussion here and the issue has been resolved but I'd like to point out that the software support for controllers is really good on Steam, to the point that you can configure pretty much any controller to function like any other input method. Also what most of the games that recommend using a controller usually mean is that the game was designed to be played with analog sticks, the best example I can think of right now is Brothers a Tale of Two Sons.

But after all, there are no games created only for steam deck or only for the steam controller (I'm not sure what you mean).
Any of these games can be played perfectly on PC. That is, you think that it is possible to restrict users who can play in the same way, just because?

You'll have to trust people look at the games they are entering and make sure they have the hardware to run it. You could also put in the description something like "Heads up: This game requires a controller." But there is no way to tell who has a controller, or a vr headset, or the proper setup to run your game.

Maybe you mean VR games.

Steam controller? Any game can run with any controller, since Steam has had for years now built-in controller emulation to use any game, even the KBM-only games. I've even rigged the 2 Switch joycons to toy with Tomb Raider 1, for example. There's no such limitations unless a game strictly can only work with controllers, and even at that, nothing as niche as a Steam controller (again, the built-in emulation is at play).

If you meant Steam Deck, there's no limitation. Games are currently being made compatible with the Deck - it is not meant to be a replacement for whatever device you currently use. They are not replacing anything, actually. Imposing restrictions upon this misconception makes no sense.

Otherwise, certain games that do have certain limitations, like what VR device you should use, would be good beef. But some are clear in saying it's only compatible, not a requisite. The Steam store is very good at labeling things if one took care to understand it. As for me, I primarily use the wishlist generated list so that if I'm not wishlisting games I don't want for things I don't have, it's never gonna be on the list, so I'm not gonna run the risk of anything to complain about. Suggestions revolving around that would be moot.

Steam Controller is awesome though.

There are many games that require a controller, but in those cases any controller can be used (I've used PS2, PS4, PS5, and XBOX 360 controllers on Steam). The Steam controller is just one of many that can be used for such games.

ersatzrod please close the thread since it seems to me your issues were already resolved and now it just causes clutter and pointless necromancy (you can do it by clicking the green "open" button next to your discussion's title and selecting "close discussion) Thank you.