Valve Answers Our Steam Deck Questions - Next-Gen Console Watch

Welcome back to Next-Gen Console Watch, our show following all the news and rumors on the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Series S. I’m Daemon Hatfield, and this week I’m joined by Ryan McCaffrey, host of IGN’s Xbox podcast, and Valve Designer, Lawrence Yang.

This week we discuss the Steam Deck and its launch. Just what does the future of this high-powered handheld look like? What kind of support can we expect from Valve? And most importantly, will it ever come in atomic purple? All that and poll results, of course!

0:00 - Intro
1:10- Steam Deck Orders Shipping Soon
6:44 - Will Third-Party Launchers Come to Steam Deck?
10:39 - Poll Results & Outro

#IGN

[kthomas]

“We are shipping them out Monday & expecting people to have them in hand as early as Tuesday”
“Production will ramp up. First month we should be in the tens of thousands, 2nd month in the hundreds of thousands”.

This is it. This is what the people wanna hear!!!

[_zombiezone]

A NEW ERA OF PORTABLE GAMING HAS BEGUN!

[ChaosMechanica]

7:12 Ryan with the hard questions. He said it delicately, but that was a great question for gamers

[red-hot]

Im noticing some fancy looking re-coloured models in the background there
edit:
9:04 - so did he! :D

[misterdragzon]

Who else is Q2 and hoping a bunch of people pass on their reservations?

[NETFLIXLOVING]

*Gamers: We want to switch pro
Nintendo: OLED take it or leave it
Valve: Fine I'll do it myself!*

[prince_thomas]

Tell those guys to make Steam Controller 2 which has the same inputs as the Deck apart from the screen, so dual sticks, dual trackpads, gyro, four rear buttons, and make the shape of the controller similar to Xbox or PS5 ones. It will be like a Pro/Elite controller with all the rear stuff but not overpriced. How's that sound.

[primepikachu]

Would really like to see valve update chromium for gamepad support or for somebody working on the chromium project to do it for them

[gazzol]

and immediatly after valve announce a brand new game

[naazsha]

Anyone know if it’ll be available in Australia anytime soon?

[aliensam]

It is possible that steamdeck will going out in stores like walmart, gamestop, staples and others game stores part in the future months or years ?

[Kephinio]

Showing Portal 2 in these demos and not releasing a third title is a crime.

[Atreyu]

Got my email yesterday! Hopefully I'll be playing Tuesday (on vacation!)

[Stunna]

Is there anyone out there with a Q1 shipment order? Even the folks at IGN can’t get a Q1 shipment lol

[bryancook]

Nintendo switch is dead I’m done playing on it until it releases the next Zelda next Mario games finally Valve released the Switch Pro Nintendo couldn’t do

[reryaa]

There's a white version of the deck behind him!

[itsdeonlol]

This is a dream device like Ryan said!!!

[newagehero]

Funny how they didn’t mention scalpers and bots when talking about sells and demands

[Fawkes-ent]

It must be a lot as he says after month 2 they will be in the 100's of thousands

[VVLGANESHK]

This deck is huge. Will valve release lite version with same screen size and minimal compact design