Breaking down what you can expect from the Steam Deck and its not-Windows software.
Valve`s much rumored handheld, the Steam Deck, is now official, sending gamers into a frenzy. With good reason, too, after all, Steam isn`t in the habit of selling watered-down games like you might find on the Nintendo Switch.
The Steam Deck is very much a handheld PC, in the vein of something like the GPD Win devices. But it doesn`t run Windows 10 (or Windows 11). At least, not out of the box.
You`re getting SteamOS and Proton, terms which some may be familiar with, but to others it might be foreign. This doesn`t run Windows, but you can run Window game on it. Confused? That`s what we`re here for.
What is Steam OS and Proton?
The Steam Deck isn`t Valve`s first attempt at a piece of gaming hardware. Remember Steam Machines? No, probably not. In any case, the Steam Machine was Valve`s first attempt at a games console, and ran its own software, SteamOS. But there was nothing magical about the har...
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