Valve Steam Deck features have been dropped without anyone noticing. Those waiting for the handheld console may encounter an undesirable surprise.
Announced as a handheld console Valve Steam Deck features was dropped without anyone noticing. Valve was also having difficulty delivering the handheld console, which has been on sale for a few months, to its owners due to the pandemic.
Recently, Valve stated that they have overcome these problems and increased product shipments, and now it has been noticed that the hardware features of some Steam Deck devices have been changed.
Which Valve Steam Deck features were dropped and why?
According to a recent report from Hardwarelux magazine, the change is available on Steam Deck’s English product page. When the same page is examined in Turkish or German, the lack of this important information does not go unnoticed. Therefore, Valve’s Steam Deck page is not the same in all languages.
According to the English specification, some 256-GByte and 512-Gbyte models will be delivered with PCIe Gen 3 x2 SSD hard drives instead of PCIe Gen 3 x4. The difference between these SSDs is that the x4 version is connected with 4 lanes and the x2 version is connected with 2 lanes.
Valve states that this hardware difference among the updated technical features of Steam Deck does not affect the game experience in any way as a result of the trials. But according to Hardwarelux, halving connections can make itself felt by slightly longer load times.
No explanation was given as to the reason for this change. However, according to the report, it was held in May and has not been announced so far. Therefore, those who are waiting for a PCIe Gen 3 x4 in their new handheld consoles can learn at the last moment that the model that reaches them may have a PCIe Gen 3 x2 SSD.
Valve previously warned that “If you open the Steam Deck, you can die” for users who want to change the parts of the device. Along with it, he published a video in which they opened the Steam Deck completely and showed the inside.