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Steam Deck owners can finally see how badly a game runs before buying it

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Valve has introduced average frame-rate data for thousands of Steam Deck games, letting players check real-world performance, spot potential stuttering, and make better buying decisions before downloading a game. Covered by 3 outlets: 1 are centre, 2 are not rated.

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  1. Polygon No political lean US
    Valve Just Added a Huge Feature for Steam Deck Owners

    Valve just added a new feature to Steam that displays a game’s average frame rate on the Steam Deck.

  2. Eurogamer No political lean US
    Steam now shows average Steam Deck framerates when browsing games, but Valve says it's considering expanding the feature to other hardware

    Valve has released a new Steam update that adds Steam Deck framerate data to a game's store page, giving potential buyers an indication of how well a game runs on the handheld.

  3. Rock Paper Shotgun No political lean US
    Steam's new Steam Deck framerate graphs are good news for handheld players, though I wouldn't fully trust the numbers yet

    Valve have finally made clear what they've been doing with all that hoovered-up performance data and all those "Framerate Estimator" text strings : a framerate estimator for the Steam Deck . Or, rather, a framerate average-r, as games on the Steam Store are now getting...

  4. Digitaltrends Center Factuality: Mostly factual US
    Steam Deck owners can finally see how badly a game runs before buying it

    Valve has introduced average frame-rate data for thousands of Steam Deck games, letting players check real-world performance, spot potential stuttering, and make better buying decisions before downloading a game.

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