I'm not looking out for anyone, just discussing a topic, why are you acting like an idiot? If you don't think casuals are interested then just say that instead of respond with other stupid shit then revert to this.
Apologies if you took offense at me ribbing you for your Steam Deck 2 posts, I usually don't get personal like that but in this case, I really am surprised by and disagree with your complaints of how Deck Verification should work, or worry that some future Steam Deck 2 will break the Steam Deck Verified process.
This is a TRC check. Simple as that.
That's a good thing to have, on a platform that technically doesn't
need it. They could have gotten away with not having Verified; all the hardware pre-sold up to now was paid for without assumption that games would have a verification check. They didn't do Verified for Steam Machine. But thankfully, Deck is getting better treatment than Steam devices of the past, and Verified is a good step to help build trust that they're really serious about Deck being a viable gaming platform.
Otherwise, Deck already has core functionality for most of what's on Steam today, so aside from rejecting games that require VR or isn't compatible with Proton, Valve could have just put this hardware out there and refunded the few cases where somebody couldn't play the game on their device of choice. Already, you could have Steam Launcher on a netbook or other portable PC device, and those games may not work with those hardware pieces without external hardware, but so be it. Steam for PC has few safeguards for performance (they might boot a game that bricks your GPU, but if a game somehow runs at 1FPS on Min Req specs, there's probably a policy violation somewhere in the TOC about that but as far as I know it's on the developer to justify that sale.) Android tries to have minimum version cutoffs, but software fails all the time on different devices.
These are downsides inherent when dealing with a semi-open platform, Valve is doing some work to smooth out the problems and this Verified system is the consumer notification process attached to that work. Steam is not a mystery box where you have no idea what you're getting; they tell you specs, they tell you how users reviewed it, etc. Steam is also not a controlled environment where everything on its marketplace fits into the same-size box. (Even Steam Deck is releasing in 3 different configs, and that's just the launch lineup.) You need to be a little savvy about the device you own to enjoy products from Steam, and even though Deck uses the simplest and most curated version of that marketplace, the need for some know-how is still there. Steam Deck is not a Game Boy (and BTW, even Game Boy had lots of games on it that ran like dogshit, but they still got the Official Nintendo Seal of Quality on the box.) Luckily, even the "casual users" putting down $400-650 for a Steam Deck are probably pretty aware of the Steam marketplace and the information it offers to help guide purchases.
the /verified page clearly also states if the "default graphics settings" run well on the Deck so you're wrong about how they don't assess performance at all or whatever DF bullshit you spewed. So it's not useless after all, because it's not what you said, just an indicator that the game boots/ goes in game etc., lol.
So, are you talking about this part of the Display checkpoint?
"The game should support the default resolution of Steam Deck (1280x800 or 1280x720), have good default settings, and text should be legible."
Right, Steam doing any extra work to also assess or lotcheck some level of performance of a game for developers and thus for consumers while in the process of Deck Verification, that's great.
What that means of "runs well", of course is up to interpretation. Some consider anything that ever dips below 30FPS (if not 60 or higher) to be an abomination. Some might take a game that has to default to medium or low settings to be worthless. Some may find it outrageous if ever a game's default graphics configuration for this level of specs is not native resolution (albeit anything displaying sub-720P outside of a Switch or old console is questionable these days, and I'd be surprised if that's a tactic that any developers take when optimizing for Deck.) Some other people may not be so picky. Either way, "runs well" could mean a lot of things. It's unknown what standards Valve will use to assess "runs well", or if they will actually reject a game from Deck Verification if it meets all the bulletpoints for verification but looks like crap. (Going by the huge volume of games on Steam that look like crap because they are truly crap, that'd be weird... would they reject Starfield if it ran at 20FPS or at a low res but then let My Dream Girls fly through approvals because nothing about it could possibly cause it to chug? I guess standards are standards.) And then, if a game gets a patch and it runs much better (or worse, somehow,) does the game need to go all the way back through Verified, so that it can get that little mark greener? Without knowing what Steam means by "runs well" or
what kind of rejection process there might be for Deck Verified, we don't know if that helps, and it's so buried in the Verified checkpoints anyway that it's likely not meant to be a proof of endorsement of performance. Thus, what I said, "Deck Verification has essentially nothing to do with specs."
Deck is awesome, I want one, but still don't see them handling this verification meaningfully/in a way I care for. Which has no bearing on Deck. Why are you acting like a fanboy that I offended its toy or the toy's maker or something?
All I care about is contributing my opinion and whatever accurate information I have to offer in a discussion group.
Your original post said,
"By the time they verify the whole library we'll be due a Deck 2 to keep up and then what will they do, add a Deck 2 verified thing on top?" You and I may not agree if that is enough information for the type of consumers that Steam Deck will attract, but based on the the description of the service that's being provided, the Steam Deck Verified checkpoints are about fundamental accessibility verification. ⦿ Is it compatible with Proton; ⦿ Does the game work with buttons; ⦿ Is text resizeable to read on a small screen, etc. Even the "default graphics settings runs well" checkpoint is about verifying that it is accessible to play at a baseline level similar to other verified titles.
Maybe they will add new steps for future Steam devices, but these basic Verified checks that check what works for Steam Deck 1 today will be a benefit for Deck 2, Deck 3, Deck Mini, Deck VR... any device in the future could most likely benefit from games having gone through this level of simple TRC today.