What number of Decks would a Steam Deck dock dock if a Steam Deck dock may dock Decks? One, clearly – that is how docks work. You possibly can’t purchase one but for Valve’s PC gaming handheld, however they’re on the way in which, and Valve have had them on show for the primary time throughout this week’s Tokyo Sport Present.
The dock does what you’d count on it to. It retains the Steam Deck upright whereas linked, and it has ports on the again for charging the gadget, connecting to the web, and hooking as much as exterior shows. Reddit person ElderberryLarge9104 shared a photograph of the ports on the again of the dock (embedded proper) and wrote that “each unit that they had on show was on a dock” on the Tokyo Sport Present.
That is vital partly as a result of the docks stay unavailable to purchase. Valve introduced them concurrently the Steam Deck, although mentioned they’d be bought seprarately and accessible in “late spring”, just a few months after the Steam Deck’s personal launch. Valve then delayed them additional in June, “resulting from components shortages and COVID closures at our manufacturing amenities.”
Docks apart, Valve’s sales space at TGS is mostly spectacular. James is in love with it, from the “towering scale mannequin to the weirdly spectacular class of its logistics.” We’ll have personal stand of Steam Decks at EGX London subsequent week which can pale as compared, however it should have 40 Steam Decks to attempt. (Or you may come attempt our assortment of alt controller video games as a substitute.)