Steam link review verification#

Steam link review verification#

Enter the Verification Code you were sent to confirm you’re the owner of the account, then select CONTINUE.Select SEND CODE to have a one-time verification code sent to the email account associated with your Activision account. Account verification is required to make this change to your account.Please note: Activision accounts may only have one account linked per manufacturer.Select the Link Account button next to the account you wish to link.Select the LINKED ACCOUNTS tab on your Activision account.In the same browser, log in to your Activision account.Log in to the platform account you wish to link.Turn the page for a few examples of popular game genres, to see how each one works with the Steam Controller.PlayStation, Xbox, Steam, Blizzard, and Nintendo accounts can be linked to an Activision account.įollow these steps to link a platform account: Every crazy configuration you can think of has been catered for, although as you play around with it some more you’ll find there are still some options that could do with adding. It’s here that you recognise that this is a controller developed for enthusiasts, by enthusiasts.

^The onscreen keyboard is superb, with each half of the keyboard controller by the two thumb touchpad Hit the Steam button when playing any game and you gain access to the Steam overlay that lets you customise the controller settings for the game you’re playing. There is an extensive set of menus to customise the function of each button and pad on the Controller, which are customised on a per-game basis. For me, this is one of the joys of the Steam Controller, although for others it will be an absolute chore. It therefore requires a lot of tinkering to get going. The Steam Controller also support SteamOS.īecause the Steam Controller is such an unusual design, very few games support it outright. It’s not a huge problem it’s easy to minimise Big Picture Mode whenever you need to access the desktop (if you’re using Windows). I’m not exactly sure why, though, and perhaps this will change with a later patch. It won’t function if Steam is open in its normal desktop mode. In order to use the Steam Controller, you must have Steam open in Big Picture Mode. These are supremely useful programmable buttons and make commonly used actions much easier to reach in the heat of battle. Pull the triggers all the way back and you get another button press in addition to the trigger pull.įinally, two Grip buttons sit at the back of the controller where your third, fourth and fifth fingers sit. The shoulder buttons/bumpers have a short, clicky action to them, and the left and right triggers only have around 3mm of play to them, which hardly encourages precision. The directional buttons on the left of the controller, and this also doubles as a second touchpad.Ī conventional left analogue stick sits where you’d expect it, and has a smooth action and a grippy coating. This touchpad is essential to the whole ethos of the Steam Controller and is both its most complex and most impressive feature, but I’ll get to that later. The pad is slightly concave and it’s easy to work out simply by touch where on the pad your thumb is sitting. Instead, it’s equipped with a laptop-style touchpad.

It takes some getting used to.īy now you’ll have noticed that the controller doesn’t have a right analogue stick. My only real issue – and this is unavoidable because of the wacky design – is that the ABXY buttons are in a completely different place to where you’d expect them, sitting in the space normally occupied by the right analogue stick. I’d say I have average-sized hands for a male and I felt, for the most part, very happy with this controller in my hands. Despite the chunky looking design it’s actually incredibly comfortable to hold.