Tag: Steam Deck

The Steam Deck won’t be getting any exclusive games

No Half-Life 3 to be found here.

Valve confirms that the Steam Deck will not have any exclusives.

On a new FAQ page about the highly-anticipated handheld, a question addresses whether or not Valve will make exclusive games on the platform. The developer’s answer did not beat around the bush.

“No, that doesn’t make much sense to us,” Valve said  on the FAQ. “It’s a PC and it should just play games like a PC.”

That answer isn’t surprising, given Valve’s history. Despite developing and owning Steam OS for years, the studio has a pretty storied history of ensuring its games run on Windows, Mac OS X, and even certain Linux distributions. Steam itself likely  wouldn’t be the titan it is now  without Valve being somewhat open about what’s on the platform as well.

If exclusivity is the only thing that would lead to another Half-Life  sequel, I might be all for it. Sadly, there’s likely  no mainline series entry in development. 

Hype for the Steam Deck hasn’t slowed down much, even with Valve, unfortunately,  delaying the device until next year  due to supply chain issues. Nintendo is going through  something similar with the Switch, as is Sony  with the PS5. 

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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Valve delays the Steam Deck

The Steam deck isn’t coming out this year anymore.

The Steam Deck has been delayed by two months, now coming out in early 2022.

Valve Software let people that pre-ordered the device know that it won’t be coming out in December anymore because of supply chain issues — who could’ve ever guessed!

“We’re sorry about this, we did our best to work around the global supply chain issues,” Valve said on Steam’s website. “due to material shortages, components aren’t reaching our manufacturing facilities in time for us to meet our initial launch dates.”

Valve estimated that the Steam Deck will begin shipping in February of next year, though no hard release date is available at this time.

[developing story, check back for updates]

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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Valve says opening up the Steam Deck could end your life

Try not to burn the house down, ok?

There’s a lot of hype around Valve Software’s Steam Deck, but opening the portable gaming device could cause serious physical harm. At least, that’s what the developers behind are saying.

During a Steam Deck teardown video, Valve warns that disassembling the device could be dangerous if you don’t know precisely how to go about it.

“In one way, this is a how-to video,” Valve says. “But in another way, it’s a ‘why you really shouldn’t do this’ video. That’s because even though it’s your PC, or will be once you’ve received your Steam Deck and you have every right to open it up and do what you want, we at Valve really don’t recommend that you ever open it up.”

Valve continued: “If you damage the battery, the whole [Steam Deck] could catch fire later, which would be bad. So be forewarned and leave this kind of thing to professionals unless you really feel like taking big risks with your property and with your life. Which could end if you do this wrong.”

Check out the whole teardown video for yourself below.

It’s a bit unusual to see a big company address hardware enthusiasts that are the most likely to attempt something like this, but cool nonetheless. The Steam Deck begins shipping this December.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF. 

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