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Valve announces Steam Deck

Valve’s portable PC, the Steam Deck, is aiming for a holiday release and a competitive price — but who is it for, exactly, and what can it do? We take a look at the ambitious handheld PC’s specs and features to get some answers. Valve Steam Deck, a $399 Nintendo Switch-like PC console, arrives in…

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Valve’s portable PC, the Steam Deck, is aiming for a holiday release and a competitive price — but who is it for, exactly, and what can it do? We take a look at the ambitious handheld PC’s specs and features to get some answers.

Valve Steam Deck, a $399 Nintendo Switch-like PC console, arrives in December

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81 Comments

  1. dominic parker

    July 16, 2021 at 1:27 am

    Oops

  2. Mr Juanito

    July 16, 2021 at 1:27 am

    Why they spend time on this if the community are asking for a better version of the valve index 2 generation >:(

  3. Erik Anguiano

    July 16, 2021 at 1:27 am

    3rd

    • Captain MaJestic

      July 16, 2021 at 1:28 am

      Nah I’m 3rd it says 3 views

  4. litamar

    July 16, 2021 at 1:27 am

    Wow that sounds great

  5. Captain MaJestic

    July 16, 2021 at 1:27 am

    3Rd

  6. iOZKERTV

    July 16, 2021 at 1:28 am

    I just want that Alienware prototype from CES 👽

  7. Pac man

    July 16, 2021 at 1:28 am

    its a pro its a pro its a pro

  8. Jody Mitoma's Videos

    July 16, 2021 at 7:53 pm

    I remember my PSP 2000 and miss it so much! I wish it did better than it did and was still around today. 😥

  9. dave4shmups

    July 16, 2021 at 8:18 pm

    I definitely think that the base model should come with more storage. Otherwise, I think it looks great!

    • xczechr

      July 16, 2021 at 9:12 pm

      You can add an SD card for more storage.

  10. Darryl T

    July 16, 2021 at 8:45 pm

    When she said emulation that struct a nerve. Mame games on the go!

  11. Harry Sanders

    July 16, 2021 at 8:51 pm

    Her eyes remind me of a malfunctioning dental robot🤪

  12. Arin Adams

    July 16, 2021 at 9:05 pm

    I think it looks awesome. Nintendo is doing it, why can’t Steam go Handheld?

  13. Squanchmaster Squanch

    July 16, 2021 at 10:12 pm

    Why was everybody surprised that Steam was going to release a console. I remember reading about this project like years ago. My friends and I were talking about it in articles. I’m pretty sure their surprised that they finished the project, showed the public, and have a release date.

  14. Elior Nagar

    July 16, 2021 at 10:16 pm

    already reserved mine, hopefully it will be chosen to order status.

  15. Matthew Starr

    July 16, 2021 at 10:28 pm

    As a person who really doesn’t like Nintendo’s library that much and who has played steam games for 8 years, I am interested.

  16. Green Breeze

    July 16, 2021 at 10:44 pm

    They missed a great Oooh to have called this the steam machine portable but judging on how bad the steam machine did previously I guess they did that so people would actually take a look at this

  17. Hamish

    July 16, 2021 at 10:44 pm

    Can’t wait to see some reviews! I definitely dont need it but i lowkey want one?

  18. Nick W

    July 16, 2021 at 10:56 pm

    She seems like a nice lady.

  19. Travis Newsome

    July 16, 2021 at 10:56 pm

    strange that they’re trying to tout this as a portable pc / laptop replacement and it doesn’t even have a camera built-in.

  20. bmike2521

    July 16, 2021 at 11:30 pm

    Can it run the Phub though?

  21. Malinki Fox

    July 16, 2021 at 11:33 pm

    Just another PSP. Meh

  22. SlapShotRegatta

    July 16, 2021 at 11:33 pm

    Alright, I only have one question….will it play Halo Infinite???

  23. abanglong izuan

    July 16, 2021 at 11:47 pm

    Than it become like ps5, shortage of part and come 2024.

  24. john ja

    July 16, 2021 at 11:50 pm

    Downvoted for saying Steam Controller flopped. I still use this is my primary controller.

  25. Idtech Celestial

    July 16, 2021 at 11:51 pm

    One warzone game the memory game over

  26. Vitalis Geraldo

    July 17, 2021 at 12:39 am

    Will not be surprised, if I see it in a computer hacking movie, Mr. Robot reboot 😉

  27. Ahmad Vawaid Su

    July 17, 2021 at 12:47 am

    Imagine doing a lecture without bringing a laptop

  28. Anthony Crocilla

    July 17, 2021 at 12:52 am

    Sounds really cool. I would use my phone as a wifi Hotspot and play some online Multi-player.

  29. Matt DeHaan

    July 17, 2021 at 12:54 am

    still not 4k

  30. AcolyteOF Fire

    July 17, 2021 at 1:10 am

    even if they do stop supporting it… install windows and use the steam app launcher… its got longevity in that sense.

  31. MPerk08

    July 17, 2021 at 1:13 am

    Its a shame Nintendo didn’t come out with SOMETHING stronger than just OLED with the great games they have, especially with the bank they’ve been making off the Switch. My hope is Valve adds an OLED to the Steam Deck before it releases.

  32. ~Sanctum~

    July 17, 2021 at 6:29 am

    Lmao after reading this comment section and realizing that YUZU got banned-

    *LAUGHS IN SWITCH OLED*

  33. BlessingIsMyName

    July 17, 2021 at 7:16 am

    Should get a switch or wait for a steam deck?

  34. Maxman

    July 17, 2021 at 7:38 am

    She’s nice, a lot of pop culture nerd geek stuff channels don’t have this kind of people anymore 👍

  35. D Man

    July 17, 2021 at 8:33 am

    All these new handhelds and consoles and I can’t get my hands on any of them. Whats the point

  36. Ilministic Vision

    July 17, 2021 at 8:41 am

    Nintendo is best!! When Emulated that is

  37. JUR O

    July 17, 2021 at 9:46 am

    This thing is the sickest thing sind switch lite and psp 3000….the price tho, and I still want a switch lite so maybe I need to adept it but you get the point this is kind of sick…400 bucks is a lot tho…maybe not for the system but it is in price..I Mean…the switch lite is like a pumped up psp….for the same price around 180 euro same as original…so cnet you need to sponsor me…..YOU CAN DO IT
    If this takes off, portable gaming is full gaming man.

  38. Ab. Su.

    July 17, 2021 at 10:13 am

    I preoder it. I want a mobil PC in really small size for nice price.

  39. SmgUk

    July 17, 2021 at 11:06 am

    Can you edit photos on Linux ?

  40. shmackatrotsky

    July 17, 2021 at 12:22 pm

    ill wait for steam deck 2.0 thatll be capable of expanding internal storage with nvme.

  41. ADA FTW

    July 17, 2021 at 1:00 pm

    A Switch for adults.

  42. Bidwellz9

    July 17, 2021 at 1:01 pm

    Get this and emulate switch

  43. charif dziri

    July 17, 2021 at 1:27 pm

    I’m buying it and i will play with emulator all Nintendo library games that I couldn’t buy it start from 1977 until 2021 for free!

  44. ar03d

    July 17, 2021 at 2:08 pm

    TBH I like it but I dont think ill pay $400 when I can get portable VR for the same price. Maybe someday I will get one if it ever supports displayport function freesync and not going to bother hacking it or modifying for a secondary os option to load windows 10 or 11 when I can probably get a GPD Win 3 / 4 with the newest Intel Iris APU / CPU/GPU.

    • ar03d

      July 17, 2021 at 2:12 pm

      Not to mention the GPD Win already has windows 10/11 , ssd / m.2 , 512GB – 1TB storage, i7 on mobile while having a small energy effiction power adapter and display. Might not be that hard to enable freesync on that using only display / monitor windows software.

    • ar03d

      July 17, 2021 at 2:21 pm

      As there is not really a point in wasting uncertain time on a function such as enabling freesync on hardware that had displayport probably already built in if there is a optional dock it would even have the full advantage of full size display port instead of mini but really it should make no difference as long as it has a fairly newer version of displayport which by anyway should already simply be there to begin with. Why lock down all the supported hardware to using one OS, why just play only steam games, are we not worthy of chrome, edge or even firefox. So many browsers out there. I think Microsoft should just buy valve & steam and get it over with and always add steam os and android as a 2nd and 3rd bootable OS. I dont see SteamOS and Android taking up as much space as Windows 10.

  45. Jab John

    July 17, 2021 at 3:21 pm

    NGL those controls look so confusing 😂

  46. the PR0M3TH3AN

    July 17, 2021 at 4:08 pm

    I use the Steam controller and Steam Link nearly every week.

    • the PR0M3TH3AN

      July 17, 2021 at 4:09 pm

      I have a Steam Link + Steam Controller on every TV in my home. They are fantastic devices!

  47. Mashy

    July 17, 2021 at 5:07 pm

    @4:01. Woah is that a W- White Steam Deck? 0-0

  48. Ian Oyama

    July 17, 2021 at 5:22 pm

    Why is it so THICCCCCCX

  49. Nate

    July 17, 2021 at 5:57 pm

    I definitely agree on the Switch competition question: my Switch and Deck will live side-by-side in beautiful harmony.

  50. The 19th Fighter

    July 17, 2021 at 7:08 pm

    I’m hoping for following games to run in a good way once the developers do a bit of an adjustment:
    Final Fantasy 14
    Persona 4 Golden

    And I know that Nier Automata and Tekken should work, if the handheld is good enough.
    With Proton at least Tekken works just as good as on windows.
    And that’s a fighting game where lag would be noticable.

  51. Mr Larson

    July 17, 2021 at 9:57 pm

    Probably wont be able to handle Arma 3 since it mainly requires keyboard.

  52. Julius Ceasar

    July 17, 2021 at 9:57 pm

    Probably wont be able to handle Arma 3 since it mainly requires keyboard.

    • Wario

      July 18, 2021 at 2:05 am

      It won’t be able to run pubg Rainbow Six and a bunch of other games similar

  53. Mario Augusto

    July 17, 2021 at 9:59 pm

    paying for a game you can emulate LMAOOOOOOOOO STEAM DECK GANG RISE UP!

  54. protocetid

    July 17, 2021 at 11:08 pm

    when daddy Gaben pulled out his big Steamy Deck 🥵

  55. Altefier

    July 17, 2021 at 11:14 pm

    “Nintendo’s first party games won’t be available on the Steam Deck” _laughs in emulation while holding up a middle finger to Nintendo_

  56. Socom Master

    July 18, 2021 at 12:16 am

    I hope we can dual boot the steam os and windows

  57. noidnaut

    July 18, 2021 at 12:27 am

    nobody said its dumb….

  58. Wario

    July 18, 2021 at 2:04 am

    This trash will be $50 in a year.

  59. VIN

    July 18, 2021 at 3:46 am

    PC component but in consoles body

  60. Sunjit Singh

    July 18, 2021 at 4:57 am

    I think its good for someone that hates playing on my laptop. It’s just solution I been looking for on the side of my Switch life. I hate playing on a PC but with this device I can enjoy playing Star Wars without slouching on my chair and avoid having to complain about expensive hardware. It’s a simple PC portable video game system that could let me play Star Craft 2 with Windows installed. Though considering the pick one or other I rather stick with Steam OS because I been figuring how I am going to play Shinobi Striker. I want to play that but not have to pay for a mouse that expires in 10M cycles. Spending games on a PC is ludicrus. That’s why I stay on Switch because I don’t have to worry about having to upgrade my specs to play Breath of the Wild or lets see…Bayoneta…even though I don’t play that. It’d too tedious to build a PC because its too expensive. Yes your right I do have a laptop sitting on my desk and I do have a desktop but I prefer conviencey rather than raging. So there…I want one of these and will be playing on it.

    • Sunjit Singh

      July 18, 2021 at 4:08 pm

      thank you

  61. Richard Yao

    July 18, 2021 at 5:34 am

    This is a Steam machine. The only difference is that it is first party from Valve rather than third party from Valve’s partners.

  62. SouthernStyleGamer

    July 18, 2021 at 6:19 am

    Well I reserved my Steam Deck Friday night. I should be getting the $649.00 one. You said the main reason why I choose the steam deck is to upgrade my 2017 dell laptop 🙂 Your the first person that called it more than just a gaming handheld 🙂 Which it is. I plan on installing windows and using it as my main pc with the dock or with out it. That $650 is still alot cheaper than so far any Dell that I looked at online to game and do what basically I need to do online everyday. I am excited for it and ready to own it 🙂

  63. AzulAquaYT

    July 18, 2021 at 8:34 am

    It’s kinda pc steam merged into a Nintendo switch.

  64. irek toporski

    July 18, 2021 at 9:40 am

    Excellent idea, library of my games most to play straight out of box 😂 if only can afford it I would buy it.

  65. Jaroslav Gorjatsev

    July 18, 2021 at 11:53 am

    I actually plan to use it for work on-the-go, as it’s essentially normal PC, and games are very nice extra

  66. Jaroslav Gorjatsev

    July 18, 2021 at 11:56 am

    and another nice thing that it will work nicely with steam link and streaming! So can play RDR2 or Cyberpunk in some corner quietly 😀

  67. Repo Recon

    July 18, 2021 at 2:34 pm

    So I can have mobile Eve Online… Eve Echoes may get a little dusty. And Sims 4 .

  68. Raising Sofia Grace

    July 18, 2021 at 3:31 pm

    Can’t wait to get mine

  69. King Maraxus

    July 18, 2021 at 3:42 pm

    I have a steam controller. It’s a gimmicky little piece of tech but I adore the thing.

  70. Joshua Drumming

    July 18, 2021 at 4:08 pm

    I will always stand by my Switch, but the Steam Deck seems amazing. I had to preorder one.

  71. D Zero

    July 18, 2021 at 4:20 pm

    Ehh if only it was oled

  72. Eric Tsang

    July 18, 2021 at 4:32 pm

    no SIM card? how portable is it? If i want real gaming experience, I get gaming laptop, if I want lightweight bigger screen I will get tablet, If i want portability, I will just bring my phone!

  73. kj3283w

    July 18, 2021 at 10:24 pm

    This looks like the mist promising valve gadget ever, I see it being successful

  74. Grayson Phillips

    July 18, 2021 at 10:41 pm

    Has there been any word on the battery life of this?

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