This afternoon, Valve has presented what will be its portable console, thus confirming the innumerable rumors that had arisen in recent weeks about the possibility of seeing a new “steam machine” of the company oriented to the portable sector.
The console will hit the market with the most up-to-date hardware, counting inside a Zen 2 CPU with 4 cores at 2.4 – 3.5 GHz, a GPU based on RDNA 2 of 2 Teraflops with support for Ray Tracing, as well as probably fidelityfx Super Resolution, and different storage options, ranging from 64GB to 512GB for an SSD. As for the exterior, we can see how the design is inspired by what was seen with the Nintendo Switch, although this time we will have a 1280 × 800 pixel screen.
Steam Deck would allow us to play Xbox Game Pass
However, the most important thing about this new Valve console is not only what it will have inside, but what we can do with it. In addition to being able to play all the titles in our Steam library, a rumor that arose from @ IdleSloth84 raises the possibility that Steam Deck would allow us to play Xbox Game Pass.
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Rumors about the possibility of the Xbox video game subscription service coming to Steam is something that has been evident in recent months, and if it becomes a reality we could view Xbox Game Pass on Steam Deck.
For now, all this is nothing more than mere rumors, but if in the end it turns out that Steam Deck would allow us to play Xbox Game Pass, Valve’s new console would be a much more attractive option for users who have active subscriptions to Microsoft’s service.