Watch on YouTube A video breakdown of the Valve Steam Deck reveal. Beyond that, it seems that every element of I/O from displays to peripherals is all routed through the USB-C port on the top of the machine, with the option to purchase an additional dock. From a controller standpoint, the idea is to ensure complete compatibility with the PC library - an extension of the philosophy of the original Steam controller. Dual capacitive sticks (the machine knows when you're touching them) are paired with all of the controller inputs you'll find on a standard joypad, along with twin touchpads and programmable paddles on the rear of the unit. The size of the machine also serves to house the complex controller set-up. Thankfully, with this much real estate available, containing the 7-inch 1280x800 60Hz LCD panel is not too much of a challenge. The second crucial factor concerns battery life: the processor alone tops out at drawing 15W of power, so a meaty 40WHr battery is included and that requires space. More area effectively gives the hardware engineers more possibilities in keeping the device cool. Its size is almost certainly dictated by two factors - the amount of power flowing through the machine and the need to dissipate the heat generated. It measures 29.8cm across, almost 6cm longer than a standard Nintendo Switch, which already felt somewhat on the larger side for a mobile console. There have been outsize PC handhelds before, of course, and it should be stressed that the Steam Deck is a bit of a beast. It's a handheld designed to be as liberating as Nintendo Switch, but tied into the openness and sheer size of the Steam ecosystem. With up to 1.6TF of GPU compute power aimed at delivering circa 720p gaming, the idea is to break PC gaming free from the traditional limitations of the PC itself.
Steam Deck is built on the same architectural building blocks as the new consoles from Sony and Microsoft, downscaled and refactored for a handheld. There had been rumours, rumblings and actual, solid reporting of a handheld from Valve for some time now, but the hardware has finally broken cover - and it's looking promising.
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