8BitDo Ultimate 2 is getting full Steam Input support for more buttons

One of my gripes with my original 8BitDo Ultimate 2.4G Controller is that Steam Input cannot see the additional buttons on the back, but it seems that with the latest firmware updates to the 8BitDo Ultimate 2 that 8BitDo are solving the situation.

The problem with the original is that they’re not full hardware buttons, so they cannot be mapped normally and need the software from 8BitDo. So that’s something that seemingly cannot be solved but for their newer hardware that doesn’t seem to be a problem.

As noted on the Steam forum in a post talking about the 8Bitdo Ultimate 2, a user noted improvements in a later firmware update for it:

Bumping this again. With a recent beta firmware for the Ultimate 2 all of its back buttons, rumble and Gyro is now detected in steam. The only thing stopping it from working fully is the steam input UI being updated to support it. You can technically mess with a layout on a different controller (like the steam deck controller) and export that as a template to configure gyro settings but that’s less than ideal.

A Valve developer replied to note:

Yes, the UI support is planned but not ready to ship yet

Nice! Hopefully we’ll see this expanded Steam Input support for more 8Bitdo hardware and other controllers in future.

When this lands, I might actually have to upgrade to the 8BitDo Ultimate 2.

Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.