Steam has a new feature: You can specify your hardware when leaving reviews. This is important information for many reviews that users have long requested. However, there are still a few limitations.
Valve has released a new beta update for Steam that brings you some new features. You can find the full patch notes directly on Steampowered.com.
The perhaps most exciting new feature for many players: You can now add information about your hardware specifications when publishing a new game review or updating an old one.
Valve meets an important demand that players can specify their hardware
Players have long demanded that users must specify their specs on Steam. Because when a player complained about poor optimization, it was never clear whether the game was really poorly optimized or if the user simply had weak hardware.
If a player then writes “the game doesn’t run on my PC” and it becomes clear that the user’s hardware is significantly below the requirements, many reviews can be better assessed and analyzed in the future. Because inadequate optimization in PC games has been a persistent issue in the community for years.
What limitations are there? So far, the feature is purely optional and voluntary. Players must therefore specify their hardware voluntarily, and Steam does not do this automatically. How many users will really make use of this voluntariness is another question.
Because players who write on Steam, “the game doesn’t run on my PC,” still hide their PC hardware at the end because they do not want to admit that it ultimately lies with their PC.
Valve has been working on various features that help you with the performance of your games for a while now. One function, for example, now provides you with extensive performance data of your games. This way, you can see whether it is indeed your PC that causes the game not to function properly: Steam has received a new feature so you finally see who is to blame for the poor performance of your game
