[MOBILE]I like to play various computer games, and I hope I can play anytime and anywhere like Nintendo Switch. Valve, the parent company of the well-known computer game platform Steam, has released a breakthrough portable PC game console Steam Deck earlier, with the price starting from Starting at US$399 (approximately HK$3,100), it is expected to go on sale at the end of this year.
According to the manufacturer’s information, Steam Deck itself is a PC laptop, but it has added rich game control functions. Users can log in to the Steam account, purchase and install various games through the built-in browser, and freely choose the third generation. Platform usage, including other platforms such as Epic Games Store, or use various streaming game platforms to play. The device corresponds to the cloud function, you can freely synchronize game files from your own PC, and you can also use Bluetooth wireless external keyboard, mouse and monitor output.
For the fuselage function, the Steam Deck is equipped with a 7-inch 1,280 x 800 resolution LCD touch screen which is slightly larger than the Nintendo Switch and the same level as the upcoming Switch OLED version. There are a set of analog joysticks on the left and right sides of the screen. The left side of the fuselage It has a cross key, four ABXY keys on the right, and multiple sets of L/R function keys on the top and back of the machine.
The hardware part of the Steam Deck uses a customized AMD APU, which integrates a 4-core 8-thread processor, and a GPU with 8 RDNA 2 computing units. It has 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM and offers a price of US$399 (about HK$3,100) and 64GB storage. 256GB storage for US$529 (approximately HK$4,110), and 512GB storage for US$649 (approximately HK$5,040) three configuration options. The latter two use higher-speed NVMe SSDs. All devices support Micro SD external memory cards.
The Stream Deck, which is expected to be officially launched at the end of the year, is reported to be able to execute games like “Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order” with high quality. It is estimated that the device itself has the same level of computing performance as PS4 and Xbox One, and the screen resolution is 720p. It also reduces the burden of image processing.
Source: IGN, The Verge, Valve