Xbox One Elite controller now works on Steam Machines and Steam Link

One of the best gaming controllers we’ve ever used now works with some hardware that hasn’t convinced us that it’s useful yet.

The $150 Xbox One Elite is an excellent device, but it wasn’t compatible with Valve’s SteamOS (it only worked with Windows PCs and Xbox One). That has changed now, and — as long as you have the Elite plugged in with a USB cable — it’ll function with both a Steam Machine or the Steam Link. Valve is the company that owns and operates the Steam digital-distribution portal for PC game, and SteamOS is its Linux-based operating system for gaming. Valve has updated that OS to version 2.60, and that included the proper drivers to run the Elite joypad.