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Valve confirms Steam Deck shipment, review dates: By the end of February

Enlarge / Starting on February 28, Steam Deck will finally leave Valve’s hands and (possibly) land in yours. (credit: Valve) After delaying Steam Deck’s launch to a vague “February 2022” window, Valve has returned to keep its promise. Today, the company confirmed the date its portable, gaming-centric PC will begin shipping to some preorder customers. […]

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HTML holes provide a glimpse of Steam Deck’s initial preorder numbers

Carrying case, which comes as part of the Steam Deck’s pricier SKUs. [credit: Valve ] Though Valve is fiercely protective of its stratospheric PC game sales data, a rare HTML hole in its Steam service revealed apparently firm numbers about the Steam Deck, the company’s recently confirmed Switch-like portable gaming PC. For the first 90 […]

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Steam Deck is Valve’s Switch-like portable PC: Starting at $399 this December

The Steam Deck, from Valve. [credit: Valve ] On Thursday, Valve took the wraps off of its new Switch-like portable PC, now dubbed the Steam Deck , confirming that is indeed the hardware Ars Technica reported on earlier this year . It will begin shipping later this year at a starting price of $399. The […]

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Exclusive: Valve is making a Switch-like portable gaming PC

Enlarge / Some Nintendo Switch clip art, plus a Steam logo, equals the Valve “SteamPal”? The math equation isn’t as simple as this listing image might lead you to believe. (credit: Sam Machkovech) Video game and hardware studio Valve has been secretly building a Switch-like portable PC, designed to run a large number of games […]