Your Steam Deck will be easier to repair, thanks to this iFixit partnership
Valve making good on its repairability promise
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On the heels of previous news of Valvereleasing the CAD filesfor its upcomingSteam Deck, the company also revealed its partnership with iFixit to sell replacement parts for the portable gaming system.
PreviouslyValve had promisedthat users would be able to repair theirSteamDecks, and this recent partnership seems to make good on that promise.
According to the official update from theofficial Steam blog: “Today, we’re announcing that iFixit will be one of the authorized sellers of Steam Deck replacement parts – as well as replacement parts for the Valve Index VR products.”
iFixit also posted a video teardown of the Steam Deck, which is meant to be a more thorough version of the one Valve released itself a while back. By using a 3D rendered x-ray provided by Creative Electron, iFixit learned how to completely strip down the battery, thumbsticks, SSD, touchpad, and more.
The Steam Deck’s first batch is set to launchon February 25. Those who reserved a system will have three days to purchase from receipt of email before their pre-order is released to the next person in queue.
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