Valve is getting dangerously close to creating one of the most spectacular consoles ever. The Valve Steam Deck is a handheld, Nintendo Switch-like portable gaming machine. Valve claim that this little device will be able to run all games available on the Steam library. But how much will the Valve Steam Deck cost? That is the true question and one which most are asking themselves.
How Much Will The Valve Steam Deck Cost?
What is great about this little device is that it does not have the same constraints as a Nintendo Switch. It is essentially a mini-PC, so technically, you can do everything on it, like a normal computer.
But honestly, I am trying to keep my expectations as low as possible. The handheld PC idea has been around for years; until now, no single company has managed to pull it off.
Nevertheless, that might not be as important as the attractive price. The Valve Steam Deck will start at $399; at most, it will cost around $649.
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The price depends largely on what version you get; there are three versions: 64GB, 256GB, and 512 GB. Now, it has a scheduled availability of Q1 in 2022, for the first 64GB model, with the other ones coming later that year.
While $399 is quite an attractive price for what seems to be revolutionary, there is a big downside with the 64GB model. It will not use an NVMe SSD like the other two and will use an embedded multimedia card, or eMMC for short.
Most are complaining about this with the entry model, but in terms of running games, that might not make much of a difference since we can see that hard drives and SSDs have similar performance when it comes to games, despite SSDs being a lot faster.
That might only be a downside if you plan to use the Valve Steam Deck for other things like productivity, multimedia, and all that jazz.
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