Valve unveils ‘Steam Deck’, handheld ‘Nintendo Switch-rivaling’ gaming PC: Price, availability and more – Times of India

Gaming on the Steam platform has taken on a whole new meaning with the announcement of the ‘Steam Deck’, a portable handheld gaming device that looks like a lot Nintendo Switchcoverage steam deck Is a portable device through which you can access and play all the games in your Steam library. All you need to do is turn on the gaming PC, sign in with your Steam credentials and start playing. The Steam Deck comes with a dock and can even connect to monitors and PCs.
Steam Deck will launch in the United States, Canada, the European Union, and the United Kingdom in December this year, with more regions to be added later.

Steam Deck: 64GB, 128GB and 512GB Versions and Prices
The handheld device will be made available in three storage options 64GB, 256GB and 512GB. The 64GB version of the gaming PC costs US$399, offers 64GB of eMMC internal storage and comes with a carrying case. The 256GB version comes in at US$529 and offers 256GB NVMe SSD internal storage (faster than eMMC) and bundles a carrying case and a special steam community Profile Bundle.
The most premium buy will be the 512GB version which costs US$649. It offers 512GB NVMe SSD internal storage, claimed to be the fastest of the three, premium anti-glare etched glass, exclusive carrying case, exclusive Steam Community Profile bundle, and an exclusive virtual keyboard theme.
Steam Deck: Technical Specifications
Valve has partnered with AMD to create the Steam Deck’s custom APU that is optimized for handheld gaming. It’s a Zen 2 + rDNA 2 architecture and Valve claims it can run the latest AAA games. The device sports a 7-inch capacitive LCD touchscreen, trackpad and gyros. The touchscreen has a 1280 x 800 pixel resolution with a 16:10 aspect ratio and a refresh rate of 60 Hz with 400 nits of brightness. Valve says the display uses an “optionally bonded LCD for increased readability.”
The Steam Deck comes with 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM (5500 MT/s) and three storage options: 64GB, 256GB and 512GB with microSD support. It runs SteamOS 3.0 (Arch-based).
Steam Deck supports almost everything you can do with a Steam account like Steam Chat, Notifications, Cloud Saves (“Start playing on PC and pick up where you left off on Deck or vice versa”), Remote Play can. Experience the entire Steam Store and stay up to date with your Steam community.