More Steam Deck details have been confirmed before launch

(Pocket-lint) - Valve’s Steam Deck is acceptable to merchandise successful a mates of months and we're learning much and much arsenic that clip draws near. 

The institution has revealed plentifulness astir the console, with assorted media outlets getting hands-on clip and much being revealed online. 

Now, adjacent much questions person been answered by the official FAQ page that's been published for the caller handheld console.

The leafage gives immoderate absorbing nuggets astir the workings of the Steam Deck.

One specified nugget is the information that owners volition beryllium capable to adhd aggregate Steam accounts to their Steam Deck. Each idiosyncratic relationship volition person their ain abstracted prevention information and settings too. So you'll beryllium capable to stock it with different household members for a bully time. 

Another absorbing item is that Valve says the Steam Deck tin besides beryllium connected to a PC past utilized arsenic a controller for that gaming machine. The institution besides notes that PC VR headsets tin adjacent beryllium connected to the console, but it's not optimised for it. 

Users volition besides beryllium capable to footwear games straight disconnected a microSD paper which should assistance with retention space. 

The FAQ besides speaks a spot astir docking and outer hardware support. It seems that outer GPUs won't beryllium supported, which is simply a shame and docking with a PC won't amended show arsenic it's designed to tally champion successful portable mode. 

It besides seems that the idiosyncratic interface for Steam Deck volition yet regenerate Steam's Big Picture mode, truthful there's plentifulness to look guardant to, some connected and disconnected the console. 

Steam Deck pre-orders are said to commencement shipping successful December 2021 to the United States, Canada, European Union, and the United Kingdom. New orders volition person to hold until sometime successful 2022. 

Writing by Adrian Willings. Originally published connected 24 September 2021.