{"id":492745,"date":"2022-09-13T19:39:48","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T16:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/valves-steam-deck-prototypes-leave-us-wanting-more-review-geek\/"},"modified":"2022-09-13T19:39:48","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T16:39:48","slug":"valves-steam-deck-prototypes-leave-us-wanting-more-review-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/valves-steam-deck-prototypes-leave-us-wanting-more-review-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"#Valve\u2019s Steam Deck Prototypes Leave Us Wanting More \u2013 Review Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3071f8eca2b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3071f8eca2b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/valves-steam-deck-prototypes-leave-us-wanting-more-review-geek\/#%E2%80%9CValves_Steam_Deck_Prototypes_Leave_Us_Wanting_More_%E2%80%93_Review_Geek%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Valve\u2019s Steam Deck Prototypes Leave Us Wanting More \u2013 Review Geek&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CValves_Steam_Deck_Prototypes_Leave_Us_Wanting_More_%E2%80%93_Review_Geek%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Valve\u2019s Steam Deck Prototypes Leave Us Wanting More \u2013 Review Geek&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"article-content-area\">\n<figure style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage size-full wp-image-129357\" data-pagespeed-no-defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/p\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1d18e7d0.png?width=1200\" alt=\"A Steam Deck prototype with a flat design (no hand grips) and two circular touchpads.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Plagman2\/status\/1569445637799956480\">Pierre-Loup Griffais<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Members of the press had the opportunity to see nearly a dozen Steam Deck prototypes during the console\u2019s East Asian launch event. These prototypes date back to mid-2019, and they feature a wide range of design quirks that we would love to see in a next-generation portable console.<\/p>\n<p>Photos of the prototype Steam Decks were shared on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Plagman2\/status\/1569404939864264704?\">Pierre-Loup Griffais<\/a>, a coder on Valve\u2019s Steam Deck team. According to Griffais, the earliest prototype models were made by hand before the project entered the early stages of mass production.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As part of the Asia launch press event, we made the design lab into a showroom of development history. My favorite are the playable prototypes: bootable Deck family tree from mid-2019 to now, from a couple of hand-built units onto gradual mass production. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TpU5I8D50p\">pic.twitter.com\/TpU5I8D50p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pierre-Loup Griffais (@Plagman2) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Plagman2\/status\/1569404939864264704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Notably, the early Steam Deck designs look like a Nintendo Switch combined with a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=204a528a336ede4177fff0d84a044482&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fstore.steampowered.com%2Fapp%2F353370%2FSteam_Controller%2F&amp;cuid=xid:{xid}&amp;___trxnet=vg\">Steam Controller<\/a>. They\u2019re relatively small and use two circular touchpads instead of square-shaped touchpads. Instead of a typical D-pad, they have four analog directional buttons, and they\u2019re completely flat\u2014no hand grips.<\/p>\n<p>It seems that Valve added a bit of girth to the Steam Deck to improve ergonomics, increase hardware performance, and use larger components. Early Steam Deck prototypes use slower CPUs than the final design, and their joysticks are outrageously small.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The best part is that they (mostly) all still boot, serving as an exciting reminder of how far things have come since.<\/p>\n<p>This one has a Picasso APU, at about half of the GPU power of the final Deck. The flatter ergo was an interesting experiment and taught us a ton about comfort. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yLwTtDDYlo\">pic.twitter.com\/yLwTtDDYlo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pierre-Loup Griffais (@Plagman2) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Plagman2\/status\/1569445637799956480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But we can\u2019t get over how sleek some of these prototypes look. They\u2019re reminiscent of the PS Vita, and they seem much more portable than the final Steam Deck design.<\/p>\n<p>That said, competing products like the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/store.ayaneo.com\">Aya Neo<\/a> use a sleek design language but fail to match the Steam Deck\u2019s specs. Valve made a smart compromise when it adopted the big chunky Steam Deck design we know today. We just hope that new <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> allows Valve to get the best of both worlds in future Steam Deck models.<\/p>\n<p>A second-generation Steam Deck is in the cards, according to Valve. But a release date is unknown, and frankly, we don\u2019t expect a new Steam Deck to come any time soon. Valve still hasn\u2019t finished fulfilling orders for the first-gen Steam Deck\u2014why would it rush into the second generation?<\/p>\n<p><small>Source: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Plagman2\/status\/1569404939864264704?\">Pierre-Loup Griffais<\/a>\u00a0via\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xda-developers.com\/steam-deck-prototypes\/\">XDA Developers<\/a><\/small>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><script>\nsetTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '1137093656460433');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  },3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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