![]() With the Deck Verified system, Valve has seen plenty of things to be happy about there. Valve always like to tell you exactly what they've done and they've repeatedly improved the interface on the Steam Deck too, like how they added proper multi-tasking and ensured recently switching between different apps and closing them all worked nicely. When it comes to Valve's updates it's not just the usual notes you might see from other hardware vendors, and their typical patch notes stating things like "improved stability". I'm sure desktop Linux gamers will understand this point too, the amount of games we have access to across the whole of Linux now is just awesome. When you compare the compatibility on Steam Deck between now and when it launched, it's like a night and day difference, the improvements are simply astonishing. That's not even counting updates to Proton, their compatibility layer to run Windows games on Steam Deck that's used on Linux desktop too. Proton had tons of updates over the last year as well, as Valve keep chasing down issues in games and getting them fixed with various open source developers under contract to work on Proton, the graphics drivers and more. However, Valve has slowed down on stable Steam Deck updates, as they've moved over to a monthly release schedule now for stable updates. There's been some really big updates too like the recent SteamOS 3.4. That wouldn't have been possible without the constant upgrades from Valve, of which they’ve put out over 100 updates looking back at all the release notes. ![]() Valve’s support of it has helped pull over many sceptics too. I remember reading The Verge and their headline was " it's not ready" and yet a year later, the same writer has now said it's ready and it's won them over to be their favourite gadget of 2022. While it has issues, it remains my absolute favourite way to play games because of the convenience it provides to help unshackle me from my desk as well as the surprising power it has in what you can play on it. I'm sure I'm not alone in this, unless you're some kind of zealot, you will find problems in everything. I could write a long list of problems I have with my iPhone, my Nintendo Switch and all the other devices I own. ![]() The Steam Deck is by no means perfect, with many issues still remaining, but then that’s true of any hardware ever made by anyone. I play something on mine nearly every day, with a mixture of docked and handheld depending on how I'm feeling. Safe to say, I'm invested both personally and professionally. If you're going to take the back off, remove the SD Card first. So there was the replacement for that, and then I purchased one personally when my time in the original reservation queue came up. The first one being the original review unit I had to send back that had a dying fan, which I also accidentally snapped the SD Card inside when going to check, a reminder to always remove it if you're going to do some tinkering. Games in the video: Broforce, followed by Grim Dawn. YouTube videos require cookies, you must accept their cookies to view. ![]()
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