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Valve could be making a Switch-like handheld called “SteamPal”The portable PC is rumored to have a touchscreen and thumbpads
The portable PC is rumored to have a touchscreen and thumbpads
Ars Technica claims “multiple sources”have confirmedthat SteamPal will be a “Switch-like portable PC designed to run a large number of games on the Steam PC platform via Linux”. Ars says one prototype is “quite wide compared to the Nintendo Switch. This extra width accommodates a slew of control options.” None of those options are keyboards, though. The prototype reportedly has a mixture of thumbsticks, buttons, and touchpads surrounding a touchscreen.
The SteamPal is Valve’s Switch, Apparently | Valve Steam Pal NewsWatch on YouTube
The SteamPal is Valve’s Switch, Apparently | Valve Steam Pal News
The device will be a single unit, likely building on all the various hardware platforms that Valve has dabbled with in the past. We’ve had Steam Machines and SteamOS that used pre-built PCs and ran on Linux. The Steam Link was a small box that streamed games from your gaming PC to a TV. The Steam Controller added swipey touchpads to traditional gamepads. Their VR headset, theValve Index, really benefitted from everything that came before it, with Valve creating a premium product that sat apart from the rest of their hardware. I could see a portable gamepad emerging from all those elements.
