Naughty Dog Prioritizing Fixes for The Last of Us Part I on PC Over Steam Deck Verification - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 04 April 2023 / 1,653 Views
Naughty Dog via Twitter announced it is focused on releasing fixes and patches for the PC port of The Last of Us Part I before it works on getting Steam Deck verification.
"A reminder that we will have a new hotfix live for The Last of Us Part I on PC tomorrow, and a patch on Friday," reads the tweet from Naughty Dog. "We will share patch notes when the hotfix is live, and let you know some of what to expect in Friday's patch ahead of its launch.
And while we know many of you would like to play The Last of Us Part I on Steam Deck, we are prioritizing fixes and patches before submitting it for verification.
"We will keep you updated of its Steam Deck status as we continue to improve the PC version."
And while we know many of you would like to play The Last of Us Part I on Steam Deck, we are prioritizing fixes and patches before submitting it for verification.
— Naughty Dog (@Naughty_Dog) April 3, 2023
We will keep you updated of its Steam Deck status as we continue to improve the PC version.
The PC port of The Last of Us Part I launched with multiple technical issues that Naughty Dog is addressing with hot patches to fix the issues.
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It makes sense to prioritize the biggest impacted userbase. Even more that if Steamdeck isn't checked theoretically consumers should avoid buying that version for the time being.
Steam Deck is connected to your Steam account. So if you buy TLoU on Steam on your regular PC, then you automatically have it available to play on your Steam Deck as well. Steam Deck doesn't have a separate storefront that you buy games from or anything like that. Developers just have to make the PC versions of their games that are being sold on Steam optimized for the Steam Deck, and that's what ND is delaying. But yeah, definitely would be best to avoid playing that version of the game for right now.
I know it is the same storefront, but at least if they don't give a seal of compatibility customers aren't expected to buy to play on steamdeck (even if they can or if they bought for the regular PC). But you got the core point, don't go after new customer before your current one are sufficiently satisfied.
My plan was to finish plague tale requiem first and jump on this right after. So it kind of turned to my advantage when I did not succeed to finish Plague Tale on time. Things are, these issues doesn't make justice to the masterpiece TLoU is and the talents Naughty Dog have, so I'll wait little more and play this title under better lights.
