Valve has unveiled the Steam Deck handheld game console. This is the second attempt by the company to enter the gaming console market. In 2014-2015, manufacturers, together with Valve, released Steam Machines, which did not find success due to the use of the Linux distribution of SteamOS as an operating system, as a result of which most games developed for Windows were not available.
The Steam Deck runs on SteamOS 3.0, but has the ability to run Windows games using Proton, a fork of Wine. The distro is now based on Arch Linux and uses KDE Plasma as a shell. Previous versions were based on Debian and had a GNOME interface. Installation of other operating systems is supported.
“The Steam Deck runs your games on a non-desktop operating system. This is a new version of SteamOS that’s designed with the Steam Deck in mind, optimized for handheld gaming devices, and includes a Proton compatibility layer that lets your games, most likely, no porting required, ”says the Steam Deck website.
The device has an AMD processor based on Zen 2 architecture with a clock speed of 2.4-3.5 GHz, 16 GB of LPDDR5 RAM, a 7-inch display with a resolution of 1280×720 pixels.
The console will be available in three versions:
- With 64GB eMMC and $ 399 case.
- Includes 256GB SSD, case and “Exclusive Steam Community Profile Pack” for $ 529.
- With 512GB SSD, Exclusive Carrying Case, “Exclusive Steam Community Profile Kit”, Exclusive Virtual Keyboard Theme, “Premium Chemically Etched Anti-Reflective Glass” for $ 649
Shipping will begin in December 2021 in the US, Canada, EU and UK. Now the console can be added to the wishlist.
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