You can avoid that risk by buyIng games that are clearly labelled as controller supported in Steam. As in, the keyboard is never required. For games where you would typically require a keyboard the Steam controller's flexible mapping tool makes it easy to map many keys on the controller. I can even play keyboard intensive games like warhammer40k DoW3 with it.
And the Pc world is all about choice. I can decide to grab a Dual Shock 4 or Xbox360 controller instead of my Steam Controller and it will work just as well. You just cannot expect any kind of flexibility on consoles: they are built to be disposed off a few years down the road.
>>> And the Pc world is all about choice. I can decide to grab a Dual Shock 4 or Xbox360 controller instead of my Steam Controller and it will work just as well.
If I have learned anything in decades of PC gaming, it's that the controller never worked properly.
Yes, but that's partly because of badly programmed games as well. Some games assume you will use a Xbox360 controller and nothing else and therefore make it hard for you to use anything else. Steam with their new Steam Controller API makes it easy to simulate a Xinput controller with about any controller out there.
And the Pc world is all about choice. I can decide to grab a Dual Shock 4 or Xbox360 controller instead of my Steam Controller and it will work just as well. You just cannot expect any kind of flexibility on consoles: they are built to be disposed off a few years down the road.