Although it’s not set to release until December, the Steam Deck is already a hot commodity. Valve introduced its Nintendo Switch -like portable PC …
Although it’s not set to release until December, the Steam Deck is already a hot commodity. Valve introduced its Nintendo Switch -like portable PC gaming device on Thursday, and on Friday, its site was bombarded by people trying to snag reservations. Since this was a surprise announcement by Valve, there are still a lot of questions about the device. We’re here to answer some of those questions you might have. Valve says the Steam Deck battery will last for seven to eight hours, depending on what games you play. More graphics-intensive games require more power, especially if they’re set at a higher graphics setting. The game Portal 2, for example, can be played for four hours at 60 frames per second. But if you drop the FPS down to 30, it’ll last for six hours, according to Valve. How long the battery will last for nongaming activities is still unknown. Yes. The Steam Deck has a microSD slot allowing for upgraded storage. What we don’t know yet is what kind of microSD cards are required. Some cards have faster read and write speeds than others. We’re also unsure if it will support the largest microSD cards out there, such as a 1TB card, which can cost almost $200.
