Editor’s Summary:
This gaming story is trending right now and is relevant for players and fans in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Why this matters:
It could impact upcoming releases, platform updates, pricing, or the competitive scene — especially for US/UK gamers.
Valve has started testing a new feature that will allow users to add hardware specifications to user reviews, giving you more information when attempting to determine how a game might run on your own PC.
The update, which is currently being deployed to the Steam Beta Client, will give users the ability to attach hardware information to user reviews instead of just relying on users entering this in the text directly. The patch notes don’t mention how or if these specifications will be verified by Steam, or whether the information is going to be sourced from Steam’s optional Hardware Survey database.
Either way, it should give reviews more context when users leave criticism over a game’s performance, letting you make a decision over whether it might affect your current hardware configuration. In addition to this, Valve is also giving users the option to allow for anonymized framerate data collection. This is currently exclusive to devices using SteamOS (which is officially just handhelds currently) but will apparently be used to help Valve determine game performance and compatibility to improve Steam going forward.
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