GeForce Now is getting support for the Steam Controller
The Verge Jay Peters ● Covered by 2 sources
GeForce Now is adding support for Valve’s Steam Controller and Steam Machine later this year. That’s a neat win for Valve gear, and Windows/macOS users have to wait longer.
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Nvidia is bringing official support for Valve’s Steam Controller and Steam Machine to GeForce Now later this year. The update means Valve’s gamepad will work with the cloud gaming service when it’s running on a Steam Deck or Steam Machine through the GeForce Now app.
There is a catch, though. If someone is using GeForce Now on Windows or macOS, Nvidia says Steam Controller support is coming later. So the rollout is split by platform, with the Steam Deck and Steam Machine getting the first pass.
The controller news isn’t the only change Nvidia is lining up. GeForce Now will also get new DLSS 4.5 controls for DLSS Super Resolution, Dynamic Frame Generation, and Ray Reconstruction.
And Ray Reconstruction is set to officially launch for RTX GPUs in early … the source cuts off there, so that part of the rollout remains unfinished in the public wording. Still, the bigger story is that Nvidia is tightening GeForce Now’s hardware and feature support around Valve’s devices, while the rest of the platform gets the usual graphics-tech upgrades on the side.
My take — AI-written commentary, not fact-checked reporting
This is the kind of update cloud gaming should have been doing all along: fewer weird controller gaps, fewer “supported” devices that aren’t really supported. Nvidia loves to talk about the future, but compatibility is the unglamorous part that actually makes the future usable.
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