Some Controller Supported Games NOW show Mouse&Keyboard Only icons

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DreamyAbaddon Nov 29, 2014 @ 5:34pm

Very recently some of the games on my library which had Controller Support icons have changed to Mouse&Keyboard Only icons.

I buy games on Steam with Controller Support only since I play my PC games on my Sofa with the 60 inch TV.

The good news is, those games still play on Controller without any problems!
The bad news is, this is bad for marketing PC games for players like me who purchase PC games with controller support only for the reasons I mentioned above. Will this get fixed?

NOTE: This issue ONLY EFFECTED on Steam Big Picture Mode!

An example on a game that is effected:
Final Fantasy III
Recettear
Fairy Bloom
etc....etc... etc...

Last edited by DreamyAbaddon; Nov 29, 2014 @ 5:40pm

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TirithRR Nov 29, 2014 @ 5:37pm

The Final Fantasy III store page shows "Partial Controller Support".

http://store.steampowered.com/app/239120/

The icons listed on the store pages are set by the Publisher/Developer. You can ask them to add or remove things from their store page if you feel it is needed.

Could be that it only shows Controller if it shows Full Controller Support, and not if Partial?

Edit:
I don't think Final Fantasy III can be fully started from Big Picture Mode using the Controller only because it has a Launcher that requires you to click Play (or is it Launch? I can't remember).

Last edited by TirithRR; Nov 29, 2014 @ 5:41pm

DreamyAbaddon Nov 29, 2014 @ 5:42pm

Originally posted by TirithRR:
The Final Fantasy III store page shows "Partial Controller Support".

http://store.steampowered.com/app/239120/

The icons listed on the store pages are set by the Publisher/Developer. You can ask them to add or remove things from their store page if you feel it is needed.

Could be that it only shows Controller if it shows Full Controller Support, and not if Partial?

Maybe but it wasn't like that before!
Big Picture Mode showed those games with partial controller support but now it doesnt.
Which is messed up!

TirithRR Nov 29, 2014 @ 5:44pm

True, I do remember the last time I fired up my livingroom PC to play the Lego games, some of them did show the Partial Controller Icon.

Edit:
I opted out of the Beta to see if that was causing it, but no.

One thing is, I don't remember thre being an actual keyboard icon before. Now there is. Before I only remembered seeing the Controler and the Half-Controller Icons. But now there is only a Keyboard Icon, or a Controller Icon. Looks like the requirements for the Controller Icon is Full Controller Support.

Last edited by TirithRR; Nov 29, 2014 @ 5:50pm

craigsters Nov 29, 2014 @ 5:52pm

Just get a joystick emulator there are free ones you can download, I only bought Pinnacle Game Profiler, because they make files that program and support a lot of games on there forum.

TirithRR Nov 29, 2014 @ 5:56pm

I dug deeper, and if you view the Final Fantasy III game store page from the Big Picture Mode, it does not show Controller Support under the details, unlike the Normal View store page. Looks like some setting was changed between the two store pages. (For multiple games). Probably that Partial Support is no longer "Supported" as Big Picture Mode Icons.

Originally posted by craigsters:
Just get a joystick emulator there are free ones you can download, I only bought Pinnacle Game Profiler, because they make files that program and support a lot of games on there forum.

The issue is not the lack of controller support. The issue is that controllers are supported, but it is no longer shown on the library icon in Big Picture Mode. It shows Keyboard only.

Last edited by TirithRR; Nov 29, 2014 @ 5:57pm

DreamyAbaddon Nov 29, 2014 @ 6:18pm

Originally posted by craigsters:
Just get a joystick emulator there are free ones you can download, I only bought Pinnacle Game Profiler, because they make files that program and support a lot of games on there forum.

LMAO... This guy didn't even read my post. =P

DreamyAbaddon Nov 29, 2014 @ 6:21pm

Yeah I can confirm all partial controller supported games now have Keyboard & Mouse icon ONLY in Big Picture Mode.

This is strange... I hope it's a bug that will get fixed.
Otherwise I might just not use Big Picture Mode to purchase games anymore due to this inconvienance mis-information presented today.

Last edited by DreamyAbaddon; Nov 29, 2014 @ 6:22pm