Valve announced today that the Steam Deck game console is scheduled to be released on February 25th. Officials will send out the first emails to pre-orders of the handheld on February 25th PT with a link to place an order. After the user receives the email, they will have 3 days (72) hours to make a purchase on a first-pay, first-served basis.
Officially, Steam Deck will start shipping on February 28th Pacific Time and plans to send a new batch of order emails every week. Only users who have previously booked will receive an email, the deposit will be deducted from the final payment price, and no additional postage will be charged.
IT House learned that the Steam Deck game console is equipped with AMD’s customized APU. The CPU part adopts the Zen 2 architecture, with 4 cores and 8 threads; the GPU adopts the RDNA 2 architecture, with 8 CUs and a frequency of 1.0-1.6GHz. The handheld is equipped with 16GB of LPDDR5 memory, available in capacities from 64GB to 512GB, and supports microSD expansion cards.
The prices of the handhelds are as follows:
- 64GB eMMC storage, $399
- 256GB NVMe model, $529
- 512GB NVMe model with advanced anti-glare etched glass and more, $649