We already have an official date for the launch of Valve’s handheld PC. Gabe Newell’s company has finally announced the official date and lifting of the embargo for the Steam Deck, after some delays soon the people who made their reservations will be able to start finalizing the purchase and receive the long-awaited console / PC in less than 1 month .
Steam Deck has been delayed, its launch was expected at the end of last year and because of the semiconductor crisis, among other factors, Valve decided to delay the official launch of the console. Today we already know the date and February 25 will be the official day for the worldwide launch of the Steam Deck “handheld PC” with AMD RDNA 2 iGPU.
Run don’t run out of it! you only have 72 hours
Through the official statement of its own blog, Valve has reported that the official release date for the console will be February 25. Some analysts already have samples, so their embargo will be broken the same day and so we can clearly see how the Valve console performs, how long it lasts and how it is in real tests with AMD RDNA 2 that has given so much talk in the last month.
On your side, Valve informs that those who have reserved will have access and they will be sent in waves or batches and also declares that:
“[…] Customers will have 3 days (72 hours) to make the purchase from the date they receive the email to initiate the order. After this period, the reservation will be transferred to the next person in the queue. The first units will start shipping to customers on the 28th and we plan to continue sending emails to start orders every week. […]”
Steam Deck with release date… in batches
This means that if we have the reverse of the console, it is not really yours yet, you do not even have it insured. First, you should receive an email from Valve, which we imagine will go in order of reservation. Once we receive this email, we will have only 72 hours to enter the link and complete the purchase process. Let us remember that the reservation of the Steam Deck It only gave you access to having the possibility of buying it previously, but until you complete the purchase process you do not have it insured; so much so that we will only have these 72 hours to officially accept and buy the Valve console, after this time if it is not confirmed you will lose your turn and go to the next one.
With a starting price of $399 Valve’s console will feature a amd van gogh with architecture ZEN 2, iGPU RDNA 2 with a frequency at 1.6 GHz and we will have support for NVMe SSDs, we will also have a screen of 7 inch IPS. Regarding its battery, according to Valve we will have up to 40 hours of use where information recently seen at full capacity will really be four if what we want to do with a PC gaming console is precisely that, play. We will have to wait for its official launch next February 25 and see the first analyzes that come out of it.
