Valve would like your feedback on its Steam Deck Verified games process.
The request comes not long after Valve confirmed that there are now over 1000 "verified" Steam Deck games - that is, games that Valve has tested to ensure that they run without issues or bugs on its new handheld system.
In an update posted to the Steam Community at the time, Valve acknowledged that while its tough testing regime may result in "false negatives" - games that may fail to secure a "verified" badge even though they run pretty well on Steam Deck - it was preferable to "false positives", and it now needs your help in ensuring its conclusions are accurate.
"The initial data we're gathering in this way is about titles that are Steam Deck Verified," Valve explains in a blog post on the official website.
"We're able to collect objective data (crashes, etc.) to help us understand how well the technical side of our review process is working, but ultimately the Deck compatibility ratings are about the overall experience: the definition of 'working well' is succeeding at enabling current and future Deck customers to find the experiences they want.
"We want to make sure we're doing that, or identify the titles for which your experiences don't match your expectations."
Consequently, Valve will shortly be asking all Steam Deck owners to opt-in to a survey that asks if you're willing to "occasionally" provide some feedback so it can "check in with the crowd to confirm whether the process [it's] built is enabling the experiences we all want it to".
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