

Paradox hasn't said whether or not the Crusader Kings 3 controller support in the console versions will come to the PC version as an update. The overall message is the same, though: The PC gaming experience is becoming less and less associated with desks and desktop PCs. The Steam Deck includes trackpads that are more mouse-like than analog sticks, and can also be docked and used with a monitor, keyboard, and mouse like a regular desktop PC, so it's not quite the same thing as an Xbox. It was featured during the announcement of Steam Deck, Valve's new handheld PC gaming system. This actually isn't the only time we've seen Crusader Kings 3 being played with a console-like device recently, though. We don't have 'exclusives' per se, since no one company controls PC gaming, but it still feels kind of like the opposite of Sony's Uncharted games releasing on PC.

But Crusader Kings feels even more special to the PC, at least among strategy gamers I know. Other strategy games have appeared on consoles in the past with varying levels of success, including Paradox's Stellaris, which released on Xbox and PlayStation in 2019.
