Steam Deck: First Hands-On With Valve’s Handheld Gaming PC

We went to Valve's office to go hands-on with its new handheld gaming PC, the Steam Deck. IGN's own Bo Moore goes in-depth on how its controller feels, its desktop mode, its price and models, and a whole lot more.

The Steam Deck, is a handheld gaming PC with a form-factor similar to that of a Nintendo Switch. No hard release date has been given, but the Steam Deck has a launch planned for Holiday 2021, with a pre-order reservation system launching in the near future. The price starts at $399, with models that have more storage at $529 and $649 as well

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[AustinJohnPlays]

Gamers: We want a Switch Pro
Nintendo: OLED, take it or leave it
Valve: Fine, I'll do it myself.

[VaughnCamacho]

my steam library on the toilet, this is it everyone we are offically in the future

[kami]

"Yo man, you play console or PC?"

"...yes."

[trueformchewii]

Guys ever since the This is what we've always wanted. The future is finally here.

[adachicabbage]

Valve trolling Nintendo hard with this one to announce the day of OLED preorders

[ShintekBeats]

This is a huge step for Linux gaming too man, Valve is literally a blessing to the PC gaming world. Hopefully this will increase the proton updates!

[IamYasha]

This looks promising. I'll probably wait for the Steam deck OLED.

[jeromeg]

Both Valve employees are so clear and really straightforward when they explain the philosophy behind the deck and their work on it in general. Kudos

[donaldorios]

"The deck comes in 3 different models"
So Valve *can* count to 3

[excruciatorFOUR]

SO this is basically the Switch Pro everyone was hyped about lol

[bravosix]

Imagine Valve’s smile when they saw The OLED announcement and knew they had this

[sillykanji]

As a truck driver, I'm mega hyped for this. Love's WiFi better not fail me 🤣

[augustday]

Consider this: since the OS is open for modification and installing custom programs, you could put all your emulators on this thing and have the ultimate all-in-one gaming system.

[alexanderleatherman]

imagine this being your first "gameboy". *cries*

[mastersirus]

Interesting...Valve releases "3" different versions, so they can count that high

[theheftygamer]

The death of "Can't wait for this to be ported to switch"

[erikpinillo]

When Nintendo doesn't make the Switch Pro...

Valve: "Fine, I'll do it myself..."

[SuperMario]

Imagine playing CS:GO with your steam deck on an airplane. And everyone hears “bomb has been planted”

[james_halpert]

Ma favorite part: "The point ist: You can, if you want to." This should be standard for all electronic products going forward.

[johnny-msfm]

Nintendo: is that a mod? sorry you’re being sued

Valve: so basically you can wipe out the entire OS