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For those who missed it, Valve has released a new Steam Deck Beta Client Update, which comes with a slew of changes. And a big focus of the update is improving the Verification system, which isn’t great right now. Recently, and since 2022, far too many PC games have been Steam Deck Verified, yet have not been properly and fully optimized and realized for the handheld. To this end, earlier this month, Borderlands 4 somehow earned Steam Deck Verification. We say that “somehow” because it does not work well with the Valve handheld.
What’s New With the Steam Deck Update
Valve has heard this feedback and is working on solving this problem. To this end, Steam Deck users can now attack hardware specs when writing or updating a Steam User Review on a game’s store page. More than this, there is now an option to provide anonymized framerate data. When this is enabled, Steam will collect your gameplay framerate data, stored without connection to your Steam account, but identified with the hardware you are using. According to Valve, this data will provide insight into a game’s compatibility with Steam Deck. That said, the feature is still in beta.
“Honestly, I think this is huge,” writes one Steam Deck user about the update over on Reddit. “We’ve all been pretty disappointed with the Verified program lately, and this is a step in the right direction. You can now also leave specific feedback if you disagree with a verified rating!”
A second user adds: “Wow! Much-needed changes.” A third user further adds: “Steam Deck experience keeps getting better.”
