By: Thomas Wilde November 10, 2021 3:50 PM November 10, 2021 3:50 PM
The release of Valve Software’s new portable gaming PC Steam Deck has been postponed for two months to February 2022.
Valve in Bellevue, Washington announced the delay on Wednesday through its official Steam blog. According to the official FAQ on the Steam platform, the delay is due to the current interruption of the global supply chain.
"Although we do our best to solve global supply chain issues (we mean we consider the extra time to resolve these risks and work with multiple component suppliers), our manufacturing plans are still affected," Valve wrote. "Material shortages and delays mean that components cannot reach our manufacturing plant on time."
Valve stated that the only change in the Steam Deck booking process is the date. It opened reservations on a first-come, first-served basis last summer, and anyone who gets a place on this line should delay it despite the delay. It only takes two months to actually acquire your computer.
The Steam Deck was delayed by two months. Learn more here https://t.co/BOxpdrMGIR pic.twitter.com/5txJxSoJu9
The Steam Deck was first announced in July, after an anonymous leak occurred in May. It combines the shape of a handheld gaming system such as the Nintendo Switch with a high-performance, miniaturized gaming PC that can run many (but not all) games currently available on Steam, Valve's digital storefront.
Deck is equipped with customized AMD APU, equipped with Zen 2 2.4-3.5 Ghz CPU, 16GB RAM and MicroSD card slot for expansion storage. Out of the box, it runs on top of the new version of SteamOS, which is Valve's first Linux-based operating system for its standalone Steam Machine PC.
After experiencing Deck in August, the biggest gain I got from Deck is its versatility and low price. At a starting price of $399, Deck allows you to get a large number of computers at a lower cost, and you can connect them to keyboards, monitors, and mice to use them as portable workstations.
Alternatively, Valve has no plans to include locking measures on the deck, so the patch can wipe their drives and install any software they like. For the homebrew community, this is a big giveaway, just like the officially recognized hacker-friendly version of PlayStation Vita.
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