Valve has taken to Twitter to announce that, along with having sent out emails for Q2 reservations, the company is now making double the Steam Decks every week.
Valve says a shortage of parts and the COVID-enforced shuttering of manufacturing facilities has resulted in the delay.
Persona 4 Golden has been playable on the Steam Deck since launch, but has now been fully optimized for the device.
Valve has pushed a new update for the Steam Deck, introducing some new tweaks, improvements, and features to the device.
"We are reaching the point where it’s crazy to think [that we’re] literally going to be too old to work on Portal 3, so we should just do it," says Erik Wolpaw.
"Starting today we're ramping up Steam Deck shipments, and will be sending more order availability emails every week," Valve says.
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition and Killer Instinct are also Steam Deck Verified, while Gears Tactics and Minecraft Dungeons get the "Playable" tag.
Steam Deck owners can now access Game Pass and Xbox Cloud Gaming through the Microsoft Edge browser.
Xbox Game Studios provides a rundown on the current support status of its titles on Steam Deck in a recent news update on Steam.
Windows drivers for GPU, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Audio are available to download via an official Steam FAQ page.
Valve's Greg Coomer also says there's no "completely ironed-out plan for the cadence of the hardware updates" regarding the Steam Deck.
Any attempts to launch the title on the platform via SteamOS or Proton will be unsuccessful, and those trying to bypass this will be banned.
The free short title sees players in a desk job, learning about the Steam Deck. It's set in the Portal universe and also available for PC players.
Valve confirms that the software-based issue was "a deadzone regression from a recent firmware update", and has now been fixed.
While Valve has no plans of developing its own Game Pass on Steam Deck, it's more than happy to integrate PC Game Pass with Steam.
Set in the Portal universe, the free playable short releases on March 1st and walks you through the Steam Deck's controls and features.
Valve president posits that the platform's "battery-capable, high-performance horsepower" could also be used in VR applications.
Valve launches a new website for Steam users where they can check their library's compatibility with the upcoming Steam Deck.
There's plenty to look forward to on the hardware front over the coming year.
Though Persona 4 Golden was previously in the "Unsupported" category in Steam Deck's library, Proton 7.0 has moved it over to "Playable".
