Console gamepads are 36 times more popular on PC than Steam Controllers

Valve began to implement controller support directly with Steam Input back in 2015. Mouse and keyboard controls might be preferred for a number of the biggest genres on PC, but you can’t beat a good gamepad for certain types of games. According to Valve’s data, over 30 million Steam users have made use of at least one controller in their gaming time. It shouldn’t be surprising to see that Xbox controllers as the most popular pads on PC, since Microsoft’s push for XInput meant they’re supported natively in nearly everything. Xbox 360 pads are by far the most popular with 27.2 million registered, 45% of the total gamepads on Steam. Add 11.5 million Xbox One controllers, and Microsoft pads make up 64% of total controller usage. PlayStation 4 pads are actually slightly more popular than those from Xbox One, with 12.2 million Sony pads out there. As Valve notes in its Controller Gaming blog, that’s weird - the PS4 controller is a fine one (high among our picks for the best PC controllers), but it’s a bit more of a hassle to get running on PC and games don’t typically offer proper UI for anything but Xbox controllers.