I still feel like that experience is amazing and only gets better as time goes on." SteamOS 3, even with its compatibility not being as robust as Windows, is single-handedly the easiest way to play PC games. Thankfully, Cary got his review unit and had enough time to play with it, and he was instantly a fan! In his own words: "The one thing I tried hammering home on the device when the general review embargo lifted is that SteamOS is the closest thing we have seen to a "PC2". It came from Valve, so I replied INSTANTLY to the email." Then I started reading the email, and I panicked. I was busy with work, so I just did work things for about an hour before taking time to read the email. Part of this list was Cary Golomb, aka ThePhawx: "I got an email in early January with the subject line 'Steam Deck', and I initially dismissed it because I thought someone was just asking me a general question about it. But even before that, a lot happened.įor one, Valve delivered the Deck to a handful of reviewers for early access. The end of February was finally when the Steam Deck started shipping. Tweet detailing that Portal 2 is first game marked as Steam Deck compatible February
It was only in mid-January that Valve finally confirmed the Steam Deck would indeed start selling in February 2022.Īlso, the first game to get verified for the Steam Deck was none other than Valve's own Portal 2. Initially planned to release in December 2021, Valve had to delay the Steam Deck by two months due to supply chain issues. While the Steam Deck isn't officially out yet, the hype is high. To look back on an excellent year for Valve's portable PC, we created this timeline looking back at the biggest Steam Deck news of every month. More and more mainstream developers started caring about this handheld PC we all love, including, to the surprise of many, Sony. Valve has been busy verifying thousands of games and pushing update after update-after-update to make the Steam Deck an all-round better device.
The initial supply chain issues we all had to deal with and which glued us to our email inboxes were finally resolved. Since Valve President Gabe Newell hand-delivered the Steam Deck to the first customers, a lot has happened.
What a year for the Steam Deck! Valve's handheld gaming PC went from a simple announcement sometime in 2021 and then into the hands of the very first customers in February of 2022. A month-by-month look at everything that happened in 2022 with the Steam Deck, Valve, and the wider community.
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