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May 25, 2021 08:15 pm

Report: Valve is secretly building a Switch-esque portable gaming PC





An early version of the Steam Controller.



Nearly a decade after introducing an ill-fated line of Linux gaming PCs dubbed “Steam Machines,” PC gaming giant Valve is reportedly trying its hand at hardware again — with its own handheld gaming computer a la the Nintendo Switch.


That’s the word from Ars Technica’s Sam Machkovech, who claims to have multiple sources attesting that Valve has been working on such a device: a touchscreen, touchpad, button, trigger, and dual-joystick-equipped portable that’ll likely run Linux and an array of specially optimized Steam titles. It should have the ability to dock, a la Nintendo Switch, via a USB-C port, too. Ars suggests it could arrive as soon as the end of the year.


It appears to be called SteamPal, or Neptune, according to a recent code...



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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/25/22453584/valve-portable-gaming-pc-switch-rumor-report

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