Not just in the sense of whether to play it on the sofa or on the commute, or whether you stick purely to handheld use or try setting it up as a desktop PC. That delay is now down to 1-2 weeks, no reservation required, and as Griffais says, there’s considerably more versatility in how you can use your new toy than there was at launch. One thing we've learned recently is that of the people who've purchased a Steam Deck, 42% of them end up spending the majority of their Steam gaming time on Steam Deck – preferring it over their other devices.'Ĭlearly, then, the Steam Deck hasn’t struggled to find an audience, in spite of the initially long waits between making a reservation order and actually receiving it. 'The biggest surprise for me has been seeing how Steam Deck has changed the way people are playing their games.

'Internally, we've loved using Steam Deck through all of its prototype stages, and it's been amazing to see customers in the wild having just as much fun now that we've shipped', he says. Yang agrees, and offers a surprising stat on just how deep the handheld has taken root. We certainly intended for the Deck to be flexible and let you play how you want, but what we've seen come out of the community continues to blow our minds.' 'The most surprising thing to me has been the variety of use cases we've seen.

'It's been great to see', says Griffais of the Steam Deck’s Year One reception.

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