Steam controller support on ”Nvidia Shield”

[martin.andersen]

Hello

Is there any chance that GeForce now on android device ”Nvidia shield” will support Steam controller, so we dont need to connect mouse and keyboard in the livingroom to play moore complex games on Steam? We apriciating you included Steam on the Nvidia plattform, but the Steam controller is a Big part of it.

And yes, I know that you can use steamlink to connect ”Steam controller”. But then you need a decent PC to stream from, and the point with Geforce Now is that you dont need a PC but can stream directly from ”GeForce now” to play tripple A titles. Maybe you can tweak the app ”steamlink” to also work without stereaming form computer at your home?

Sorry for bad spelling, Im from Sweden.

[klepp0906]

damn, just bought a shield (two of em) since they dumped the steam link and Im ready for some 4k streaming.

that being said - the only controller i own is the steam controller. Not looking good. Sigh, someone always gets screwed with these arbitrary walled gardens.

[LoyalOne316]

Are there any updates to this or is this pretty much a dead subject?

[MikeMills727]

Danm. I just got a Shield and did not get the controller because I thought my Steam controller would work. Now I am starting to regret it maybe. I guess this means all my Steam games are not going to work with my custom controller configurations if I play through the Shield. Bummer. My Steam Link still works like a champ. I will just use the Shield for the streaming TV.

[Trife66]

Achara Lornaway eredeti hozzászólása:

It's a shame that neither Steam nor NVidia make the effort to make this controller functional in GeForce Now.
I love Steam, but being able to play my games (almost 70, but only 20 compatible GeForce Now) on my TV without having to turn on my PC is really a revelation to me. But it is true that I prefer the Steam Controller to the nvidia controller that has concerns of accuracy.
I'm going to sell my steam link and the controller while it's still worth something and I'm going to buy an xbox 360 controller

Yes I second that support should help us with this issue, it makes no sense to have steam link type of portal on the system and not allow the Steam controller to be recognized and compatible, over Christmas I bought this controller because I thought it would give me more control over games, because the shield controller is not recognized within the steam link, it sees it as an Xbox controller and doesn’t map it correctly for certain types of games, I even load in controller profiles by the community for certain types of games but the only options are, Xbox, PS4 And generic gamepad, there is a WASD profile which kind of works good on certain games and if you filter you can find steam controller profiles (mapping to Nvidia shield controller within steam link is a total nightmare and does not work correctly somethings get map somethings do not),, But it seems Nvidia and steam are playing a sick joke on us gamers introducing this dilemma,, I have contacted steam support about this but they have totally ignored me and not replied, guess I’ll just stick it in the drawer.