We just hope Valve sends an email confirming Half-Life 3 as well. You can choose to refund your hardware, but you can still get the VCP – not a bad offer. Valve, owner of Steam, is also giving the affected users the Valve Complete Pack, giving you access to all of Valve’s games – past, present, and future. We’re doing everything we can to resolve the issues.”
We want to apologize for the delays in providing full functionality for the Mac platform. We expect gamepad emulation to become functional within a few weeks. If you opt into the Steam Beta client, keyboard and mouse emulation will be functional. “…The Steam Controller doesn’t currently support gamepad emulation on Macs.
We expect these problems to be resolved as we update firmware and drivers over the next few weeks.”įortunately, this means Steam is working to fix these issues: we could see the Steam Controller for Mac in working order in less than a month.
“…Unfortunately, there are some there are some temporary software issues that prevent the hardware from functioning with Macs. The contents of the Steam’s apologetic email to its customers state: Why isn’t it working?īoth the Steam Link – the device streaming games from your computer to your TV – and the Steam Controller for Mac doesn’t work on Apple Computers due to some sort of temporary software issue. However, before you rush to the online Steam Store and order yours, there’s one thing to keep in mind: the Steam Controller for Mac doesn’t actually work yet. Like an alternative-universe-game-platform-holding Billy. The plan was to launch SteamOS on day one, release Steam Boxes on day two and finish off with the debut Steam Controller on day three. iOS device must be on the same local network as the computer running Steam. Computer running Steam - Windows, Mac, or Linux. Just pair an MFI or Steam controller to your device, connect to a computer running Steam on the same local network, and start playing your existing Steam games.
It will also work with any PC version of Steam, including Steam for Mac. The Steam Controller is currently in beta and is designed to work primarily with the Steam Machine set-top box.
How to Use a PS4 Controller on a Mac It's even easier to get your DualShock 4 up and running with a Mac than it is using a PC. Steam can sometimes cause problems by intercepting the Bluetooth signal, so you should exit out of Steam when playing non-Steam games. This may also potentially open the floodgates to more games to enter the Apple market. It’s definitely an accessory people who are looking to play games on the Mac should avail. And yes, this is what most Mac gamers (if such people exist) are looking forward to: a way to finally play games like XCOM Enemy Unknown and Total War without having to use the keyboard and mouse. Steam, everybody’s “favorite” (depending on whom you ask) gaming client, recently released its very own Steam Controller, which is primed up to be a game controller for the Mac. There are dozens of great games on the Mac App Store and though the catalog is not as wide compared to PC, we can safely say that it is bound to come a bit closer to PC in terms of gaming in the future. Mac computers were at the receiving end of many jokes due to the lack of games in the platform – this is a half-truth at this point.