Other: Bluetooth Bluetooth 5.0 (support for controllers, accessories, and audio).Operating System SteamOS 3.0 (Arch-based).Resolution 7 inch 1280 x 800px (16:10 aspect ratio) LCD Touchscreen.All models include high-speed microSD card slot.512 GB high-speed NVMe SSD (PCIe Gen 3 x4).Processor: AMD APU Zen 2 4c/8t, 2.4-3.5GHz (up to 448 GFlops FP32).You can use the dock to connect the Steam Deck to your TV or Monitor and play from your couch. The handheld also supports an optional dock powered using USB- C with 3 USB Type-A ports (1×3.1 2x 2.0) along with LAN, HDMI 2.0, and DisplayPort 1.4 ports. 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. In an interview with IGN, Lawrence Yang, a Valve designer stated “If you buy a Steam Deck, it’s a PC. Valve says that you can sideload any program or game store, sideload any other OS, and virtually use it however you want to. The Steam Deck is powered by Valve’s Linux Arch-based SteamOS 3.0 although it is possible to play Windows games through ‘Proton’, which has improved over time and can run almost any game without hiccups. #SteamDeck /jcgbaKfT9c- Steam July 15, 2021 Learn more at and reserve yours tomorrow. The actual price could be higher than these estimates, but we doubt it’ll be lower.Introducing Steam Deck: powerful, portable PC gaming starting at $399. We’d advise budgeting for around A$500 for the 64GB, $800 for the 256GB, and if that 512GB model comes in under A$999, we’ll be pretty surprised.

Hazarding a guess, we’d say Australians can expect to pay between $100-300 more than the US price, depending on the model. Is there anything we can glean from the US Steam Deck pricing? As Australian gamers know, the value of the Aussie dollar means you should always set your pricing expectations higher than what the US will be paying. The system will launch in four territories - the US, Canada, UK, and EU - and Valve will consider a wider launch from there. The reason for is this is that Valve currently has no confirmed release date for the Steam Deck in Australia. While there is US pricing for all three models, the Steam Deck has no confirmed Australian price at this time.

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