Valve took a very interesting step recently and published an ebook about Steam Deck, Steam and the company. The book is fully free, and it containts a whole lot of information about the background, ideas, thoughts, prototype work and Valve’s expectations from the journey.
One of the parts in this book mention that Steam Deck and SteamOS is actually a multi-generational product line. This means that we will be seeing a long time of development and even the future versions of the Steam Deck such as Steam Deck 2 or maybe even 3.
Book has some other interesting information too, another example of this being that 4500 games out of the total 30000 are either in “Verified” or “Playable” status. This equals to the 15 percent of the total number. In such a short time, Steam Deck brings gamers an incredible number of games by adapting them to the mobile platform.
With a lot of consoles speeding up their production and shipment processes nowadays, Steam Deck is no exception. If you are looking forward to get one, make sure to check the news and catch the reservation periods.