Steam Deck: Nintendo-Switch

The official sales start of the Steam Deck should only be done at the end of the year, but the first devices of the Nintendo Switch competitor were already delivered. The consoles land in the form of DEV kits at developer studios so they have the opportunity to optimize their games for the new platform.

Steam deck goes on trips: DEV kits of the handheld console are shipped

While PC players have to be patient until December 2021, to get the handheld console into their fingers, developers may take a look at the Steam Deck a few months earlier. In an official blog entry, Valve announced that completed the first DEV kits of Steam Deck , packed and sent to studio partners.

This gives you the opportunity to test your games already before the release of the console on the Steam Deck and possibly still to make some optimizations at your games. In addition, Valve explains that with this action to give the developers the opportunity to give feedback to the console before this end of the year starts in the sale.

The company also emphasizes that the developer kits are in technical terms the same devices, which also receive the players later (Source: Steam).

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Valves Switch Alternative: Already a success?

Although the Steam Deck officially appears only at the end of the year, it seems to be subscribed to the Switch competitor becomes a success. A look at the official shop page shows that PC players who first decide to pre-order, have to wait for their console until the second quarter 2022 (Source: Shop page Steam Deck).

With this information, you can assume that even Valve has not expected such a big rush to the handheld console. Whether this hype stops after the starting shot - and the steam deck can meet the high expectations - will then show after the release.