Valve held back Steam Deck OLED — Steam Deck Update

A new report suggests that AMD and Valve worked together on a Zen 4 OLED Deck but abandoned it. Also an update on Steam Censorship, HLX, and a few awesome Steam updates.

Sources
@MooresLawIsDead PS6 Early Leak: Brutal Price below PS5 Pro! (+ AMD RDNA 5 IPC)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tym6xxCKvHg)
@pcgamer Mastercard deflects blame for NSFW games being taken down, but Valve says payment processors ‘specifically cited’ a Mastercard rule about damaging the brand https://www.pcgamer.com/games/mastercard-deflects-blame-for-nsfw-games-being-taken-down-but-valve-says-payment-processors-specifically-cited-a-mastercard-rule-about-damaging-the-brand/
@TylerMcVicker1 The Great Valve Refactoring – HLX Files #12 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7fLurNQT8U
@gabe.follower New Half-Life 3 is Getting Closer? – HLX News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmiOntFhgHQ
@gamingonlinux Steam Customization Update https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/valve-makes-steam-library-customisation-a-little-easier-in-the-latest-steam-beta/
Steam Trailer Update https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/593110/view/500579723494031419
Linux approaches 3% https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/steam-survey-for-july-2025-shows-linux-approaching-3/
Steam Reaches 20k Playable https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/1meief2/steam_exceeds_20000_verified_and_playable_steam/
@SteamDeckHQ Peak makes top 5
https://steamdeckhq.com/news/top-20-most-played-steam-deck-games-july-2025/
LosslessScaling 1.0.0 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/lossless-scaling-frame-generation-for-linux-hits-1-0-with-a-new-ui-making-it-easier-than-ever/
NonSteamLaunchers v4.2.3 https://github.com/moraroy/NonSteamLaunchers-On-Steam-Deck/releases/tag/V4.2.3
Duckstation threatens removing linux support https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/developer-of-playstation-1-emulator-duckstation-threatens-removing-linux-support-entirely-but-not-yet/
Linux Begins Preparing For The Lenovo Legion Go 2 Handheld – Phoronix https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Starts-Lenovo-Legion-Go-2

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00:00 valve held back steam deck oled.
03:04 ps6 and ps handheld.
04:46 update on steam censorship.
07:39 gog freedom to buy games bundle.
08:44 hlx in late stages.
10:52 steam beta update.
11:47 steam trailer overhaul.
12:43 linux approaches 3%
13:47 20k “playable”
14:44 peak reaches top 5
15:26 lossless scaling 1.0.0
16:45 nonsteamlaunchers v4.2.3
17:45 duckstation threatens to leave linux.
18:37 legion go 2 getting linux support.