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Valve’S Steam Deck Will Take Pc Games On The Go This December

Valve’S Steam Deck Will Take Pc Games On The Go This December

By Sita BaralPublished 3 years ago 5 min read
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Valve’S Steam Deck Will Take Pc Games On The Go This December
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The Steam Deck looks like this: Valve says it is designed for comfortable, extended gaming sessions and will have full control and fidelity so you can play your favorite games without compromise.

The Steam Deck is a portable PC platform with a 7-inch touchscreen, two thumbsticks, a D-pad and a four-task control layout. It features a premium thumb button and built-in capacitive touch sensors, which Valve says offer a level of precision and convenience not seen in other portable gaming devices. You will also notice that the deck contains two trackpads which means that the user can have mouse-like control over games that don't play well with a gamepad.

Steam Deck enables you to install PC software and use it on the device, including a web browser, other game stores such as the Epic Games Store and video streaming services. It also has a cloud storage feature so you can pick up games and save files to Steam Deck from a PC. Steam Deck can also play games with a Steam user account and can be used as a streaming device if required.

Steam Deck is Valve's new handheld device for on-the-go PC games, the company announced Thursday. Steam Deck is a portable PC gaming device that brings all of Steam's features and games into a new, powerful and convenient form factor that you can take anywhere. In terms of performance, Steam Deck provides 16 GB LPDDR5 RAM and an AMD APU with a quad-core Zen 2 CPU with eight threads and eight processing units worth of AMD DNA 2 graphics.

Early this year, rumors began to circulate that Valve was working on a portable switch-like game console for portable PC games. Now it has been revealed in a surprising move that Valve is working on another handheld device that can play Steam games on the go. It's a bit of a crazy layout, with two thumb sticks on top, four paddles on the back, standard bumpers and triggers, and more customizable constrols, but the site says it's built for long game sessions.

A portable Switch-like games console would stick near the Nintendo Switch PlayBook to offer portable PC games with full-size controls and a sold-out dock that allows connection of an external display. If you ever wanted a Nintendo Switch Pro for PC games, now you have the chance. The Switch-like handheld gaming device will be launched in the US and UK later this year.

The rumors that Valve is producing a version of the Nintendo Switch for handheld Steam games are true. The company has unveiled the Steam Deck, its handheld PC in the form of a Nintendo Switch with a 7-inch screen. The hardware is not yet final, according to IGN, but the device looks like a mix of Switch, Sega Game Gear and Steam Controller.

The Steam Deck, his handheld PC in form of a 7-screen Nintendo Switch, features two analog sticks, two touchpads, analog shutter triggers, an ABXY face button, four rear buttons and gyro controls. The Steam Deck will ship in December for PS349 ($399) for 64GB of storage, with expanded storage options for PS459 ($529) for 250GB SSD and 512GB SSD.

It features a custom Zen 2 AMD processor, a USB-C port and a microSD memory expansion slot. It comes with 16GB LPDDR5 RAM and 512GB of internal NVMe storage, which you can expand using a microSD card. Valve says that a 40-watt battery will power the device on a single charge for two to eight hours.

It runs a new version of SteamOS, Valves Linux-based operating system, so you will be able to play Windows games that do not support official Windows-based support with Valves compatibility technology and uninstall SteamOS to install Windows. The device itself is an open PC that allows owners to install software without connecting hardware. You can connect the device to a monitor or TV, install apps and software, use the device to stream videos and more and install other games stored on the device, said Valve.

It will also be connected to a monitor and various gaming peripherals, similar to keyboards and mice, via a dock consisting of ports for these peripherals via Ethernet. Customers can also set up functioning PC software programs in the dock, as well as online browsers from various leisure businesses such as Epic, video game retailers and video streaming providers.

The Steam Deck dock, which allows you to connect to your television or monitor, does not come with a Steam Deck. It is sold separately, and Valve has not disclosed how much it will cost or when it will be available to order.

With its rumored portable Steam Bridge machine for PC games and faithful PC games on the go, it takes on a big swing on Steam Deck as a Pocket PC. Valve will launch the device in December 2021 and offer models based on storage and processing speeds at $399, $529 and $649. Users can install and use PC software via a web browser and other game stores, including the Epic Games Store, as well as video streaming services.

Valve says that Steam Deck features are designed to mimic regular Steam apps on the desktop, complete with chat, notifications, cloud storage support and your library and collection of favorites that are synchronized. Valve points out that you will also be able to connect a mouse, keyboard and monitor to install other game stores, normal PC software, Internet surfing and much more.

Steam Deck runs what Valve calls a new version of SteamOS on the software side and is optimized for handheld and mobile form factors. It is based on Linux and uses the Proton compatibility layer, which runs Windows-based games without developers having to port them to Steam Deck.

Steam Deck is not a closed device and Valve will not prevent users from doing what they want, such as installing Windows via Epic Games Store. It is a full-fledged Linux computer, which means that technical users will be able to jump straight into a normal Linux desktop. Xbox Cloud Gaming will also be available via the web browser and the Steam Deck can be used as a portable Xbox Game Pass machine.

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