Just a week ago we told you that Steam Deck is already in the last phases of its creation and Valve had begun shipping kits to video game developers. The existence of this Portable gaming PC It is undoubtedly one of the great news of this 2021, which many people look forward to the reception they can get from professionals.
Well, it didn’t take long for developers around the world to turn to Twitter to share your initial thoughts provided by the console. The first comments have been positive, with several developers showing that their game runs on hardware and reporting that it works quite well.
First Impressions: Positive Steam Deck Opinions
Mike Rose of No more Robots publishing house, tweeted that the Descenders cycling kit “works perfectly” with an Ultra setting and getting about 50-60fps. Likewise, he also added that games that can only be played with a keyboard and mouse, will be able to work on Steam Deck thanks to its touch screen, but indicates that developers who want this feature would have to add your own support for controls.
On the other hand, Cliff Harris, founder of Positech Games, also reported that their studio’s Democracy 4 game works well with touchscreen controls: “First impressions are that this is really cool. And Democracy 4 seems to work quite well straight out of the box. [sin ajustes adicionales] although the touch panels they work a thousand times better than the levers for my game. The sound is very good. The frame rate is perfect. “
Steam Deck runs the latest version of the SteamOS software from Valve, which is based on Linux, allowing gamers to easily access your library of Steam games and all the functions of the platform. In addition, little by little it continues to give more information, in fact it has already confirmed that it will allow us to have several Steam accounts started with their own save files and your personal settings. Even, they have already begun to think about future models, which could be a 4K version.
The Steam Deck is scheduled to launch in end of this yearHowever, with the success of its reservations, availability began to falter and its base model will have a second batch of reservations starting in the second quarter of 2022, which may take a little longer to get your console.