Maybe a better way to think about it is that it's a small PC with a controller attached, as opposed to a gaming console. You can install whatever you want on it, you can attach any peripherals you want to it. When the servers are at peak (lots of people), instead of just forcing everyone to be on one map making everything lag, it will. “We don't think people should be locked into a certain direction or a certain set of software that they can install,” Valve designer Lawrence Yang said to IGN in an interview. So not only can players download games like Doom Eternal, Death Stranding, or Hades, they can chat with Steam friends and trawl through Steam’s community fora. A user’s existing Steam library will live on it, basically immediately upon logging in, because it operates off a modified SteamOS. And thanks to its Cloud saving feature, players can easily pick up game save files between their Steam Deck and PC. It can be connected to a monitor and other gaming peripherals, such as a keyboard and mouse (a dock contains ports for these, plus Ethernet). Users can install and operate PC software on it, like a web browser, other game stores- including the Epic Games Store-and video-streaming services.

The Steam Deck’s big pitch is on-the-go, faithful PC gaming, but it’s taking an even bigger swing: It’s basically a handheld PC. It’s due out December 2021 and has models priced at $399, $529 and $649-scaled by storage and processing speed.

Sick of waiting for your favorite PC games to come to Switch? Valve today unveiled its rumored Steam Deck, a handheld machine for PC gaming.

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