Steam Deck is still on track for a late February launch

Valve first announced the Steam Deck last summer, much to the surprise of the gaming community. According to Valve, the portable system can run most of the Steam library at a 1280 x 800 resolution via handheld mode. Also, similar to the Switch, owners can connect the Steam Deck to a separate display using a dock. Because of how it's effectively a PC version of Switch, the Steam Deck immediately became a huge hit to the point that scalpers immediately targeted the console.

Valve also provided an update on the Steam Deck Verified upgrade. The skinny is that Valve is hard at work testing the Steam Deck compatibility of the thousands of games on Steam's library. Valve explains that it is testing games based on input, seamlessness, display, and system support. Valve has promised to release a list of approved games within the next few weeks as they finish testing titles. Not to mention, Valve added that it has sent out several hundreds of dev kits to studios so that they can test their games on the Steam Deck and make the necessary updates or optimizations.

Ultimately, everything that Valve had to say about the Steam Deck in its latest update was good if not great.

Last year, fans got a chance to see The Witcher 3 running smoothly on the Steam Deck. If other games can perform the same way on the Steam Deck, then Valve has a clear winner on its hands. It would effectively become an upgraded version of Sony's older PS Vita, what with former exclusives like God of War and Uncharted all making their way to the PC - and more potentially coming in the next few years.