Steam Deck shouldn’t suffer from Nintendo Switch’s biggest problem, says Valve

Valve’s Steam Deck is set to go head-to-head against the Nintendo Switch in the handheld space when it launches in December 2021. And while we’ll have to wait a while before we can go hands-on with Valve’s new hardware, there’s potentially good news for those who are worried that the Steam Deck might develop stick drift – something which has plagued Switch owners.

In an interview with IGN, Valve hardware engineer Yazan Aldehayyat said that the team has “done a ton of testing on reliability,” in terms of the handheld’s inputs and that they chose hardware that had well-known performance records.

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