
In other Steam Deck news, it appears to be quite a sturdy device, as developer Rami Ismail found out noting on Twitter "Happy to report that the Steam Deck can survive a drop from countertop height" and as an amusing follow-up asking about "How's that heart rate though haha", Ismail replied "didn't measure but I guess higher than the resolution of the screen".

The question remains though: exactly how many will actually stick with their reservation? It's likely plenty won't due to various reasons.

We expect plenty more news on titles being Deck Verified over the rest of this month and next, considering how close we're getting to the first batch of customers being invited to actually purchase a unit. That, and it was recently upgraded to use DXVK-Native, to give it Vulkan support too. It's not exactly surprising, since it's Valve's own title and Portal 2 has long worked nicely on Linux with their native port. Reports coming in that were noticed thanks to updates on SteamDB, showing that Portal 2 has been through verification.

As we come closer to the February launch date of the Steam Deck, it appears Valve are now starting to actually go through and tick titles for their Deck Verified program.
