Valve says iFixit will keep selling Steam Deck batteries after all

The Steam Deck’s internals, including the L-shaped battery.

Valve has been incredibly affable to customers who request repairs - which is wherefore it was truthful astonishing to perceive that Valve was already discontinuing the battery for the Steam Deck LCD handheld. It would person meant you could nary longer conscionable bargain a artillery from iFixit and instal it yourself. Why would Valve halt stocking the astir important replacement portion conscionable arsenic radical are starting to request it?

Here is Valve's reply to The Verge, arsenic of 5PM ET: "We conscionable confirmed with iFixit that they program to person batteries backmost successful banal by adjacent week."

"iFixit volition beryllium getting the aforesaid OEM parts sourced done Valve's partners that they ever have," spokespe …

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