It’s very frustrating to buy a controller for the Steam Deck. There are all sorts of compatibility issues and restrictions. The PlayStation controller seems to be the one that best accommodates the variety of inputs that the Steam Deck has, including the trackpad. However, the button layout is nothing like the Deck, which uses the Xbox controller pattern.
These are my impressions, but I may be wrong. Any suggestions?
Don’t most games auto detect the ps controller and switch to ps iconography?
I’d say far from most. A lot won’t even let you set it manually in the settings.
You’re right the dualsense is the only controller to give you all those features. I’ve never been a PlayStation gamer but I broke down and bought a dualsense because I wanted all of those features in a controller besides my steam controller (love it but sometimes I need a second joystick or dpad).
The different button glyphs don’t bother me at all. How often do you really look at your controller buttons when you play?
8bitdo are prefect.