Valve Set to Branch Further Into Portable Gaming With SteamPal May 26, 2021
ArsTechnica has revealed that Valve has been working on a top-secret project designed to further increase their already Olympian-level reach in the gaming space.
Codenamed “SteamPal”, the new device is said to be a Linux-based portable system with more than a hint of the look of the Nintendo Switch about it. The device would run a large number of the titles that already exist on Steam’s PC platform and could even be available at retail, supply chain willing, as soon as the end of this very year.
The SteamPal – which will very likely be named something else when it launches, thankfully – reportedly features two joysticks, a touch screen, and one thumb-sized touchpad. We would imagine the touchpad would work in the similar way that they do on Valve’s own Steam Controller, giving the ability to play mouse-heavy titles without a mouse.
It s previously dipped its toe in with the divisive Steam Controller, and more successfully in the form of the Valve Index, still arguably the best consumer VR headset you can get your hands on and eyes in.
Now it s apparently taking a new hardware gamble, working on a portable gaming PC reportedly codenamed SteamPal, designed on a Linux-based platform and aimed at letting players enjoy PC games on the go.
According to the exclusive at ArsTechnica, it ll have an integrated touch display and controller, making it a true portable to rival the likes of Nintendo s uber-popular Switch and Switch Lite.
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