

It’s hard enough to emphasize: the gyro aiming is a critical part of the Steam Controller experience.įor first person shooters, users should use the trackpads to pan their view in the general direction of a target, then use the gyro for fine aiming. In almost all of the early Steam Controller reviews, the reviewers appeared to be using the Steam Controller with the gyro target disabled, relying only on the trackpads. Gyro aimed at the Steam Controller isn’t a Sixaxis-style gimmick: it works with the right touchpad to achieve mouse-like accuracy.

Gyro aiming is critical to the Steam Controller experience When the Steam Controller launched in 2015, it was rated by reviewers across the industry as not only difficult to use, but also less accurate than a standard controller with two analog sticks.ĭuring the initial checks, one key area stands out due to its omission: aside from an Engadget report, almost no one who checked the Steam Controller at startup seemed to have any idea of how gyroscopic aiming worked on it.
