Valve Discusses Future Plans for the Steam Deck
It’s been a busy month for Valve as the company has started shipping its long-awaited Steam Deck console to eager fans. In the month since launch, Valve has continued to develop the SteamOS platform and, in a recent blog post marking its one month since launch, has detailed its future plans for the Steam Deck. Fans still waiting to get their hands on Valve’s portable console or players currently in possession of the Deck should have lots to look forward to.
The Steam Deck was first revealed by Valve in July of 2021, promising to bring all the freedom and power of PC gaming to a handheld format. Initially, Valve aimed for a December 2021 release; however, the console was delayed by a couple of months, finally shipping the product at the end of February 2022. Fortunately, the delay has done the console well as Valve has continued to work on SteamOS and has smoothly shipped out the first order of the systems. Valve states that shipments for the Steam Deck are ramping up, and this week’s blog post detailing future plans brings positive news for fans of Valve’s Steam Deck.
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First up on Valve’s blog post is all about the console’s most significant focus, the games. The Deck is now celebrating over 2000 Steam Deck Verified or Playable games with promises of more to come as testing continues internally at Valve’s offices and with feedback from the Steam community. Additionally, support for anti-cheat services is expanding thanks to a more streamlined path for developers to implement BattlEye and Easy Anti-Cheat on SteamOS. These anti-cheat services are among the biggest in the PC gaming space and a significant hurdle in Valve’s Steam Deck
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