GoKawiilValve adds average FPS telemetry to Steam Deck store pages
Valve has begun showing average framerate data on Steam store pages for games played on Steam Deck, letting shoppers gauge performance before buying. The data comes from users who opted in to share their hardware and performance stats, and Valve says it plans to extend the feature to other hardware in the future.
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Because performance depends heavily on in-game settings rather than hardware alone, Valve's Verified rating system can't capture every player's tolerance for frame rates, so this crowdsourced data could help buyers judge playability for themselves. It may also pressure developers to optimize performance more visibly, since poor framerate data would now be public before purchase.
- Steam Deck pages now display average FPS from opted-in users
- Valve plans to expand the feature to more hardware, possibly including desktop PCs
- The data supplements, rather than replaces, Valve's existing Steam Deck Verified ratings
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