Valve president and co-founder Gabe Newell talks to us about the Steam Deck's launch and what the future holds for the company's handheld gaming PC. #IGN #Gaming #SteamDeck
Releasing Cad files, right to repair, Ifixit partnership, creating more tools for devs, gabe newell confirming new models in the future.... man Valve is on fire right now
They have to properly enter a new market to grind profits, and they know what consumers want like every other company, so nothing special. If it succeeds they ll start taking stuff back to see how far you as a consumer are willing to go, same like every other company. Not trying to sound all doom and gloom, but it was all seen many times already, some companies just try more or less. Be careful with getting hooked to new stuff and filling em up with more and more cash for less.
Right, it's very exciting. I'd like to know their plans regarding future models, starting with the naming, a future Deck would run the same games but better, so no points in naming it Deck 2, also with how modular the internals are, the most incredible thing they could do is sell mainboards with the latest chips on it without having to buy a whole new system, they seem pretty open with people tinkering with their devices so why not go all the way and sell upgrade kits and only get a whole new system when they change the screen resolution or technology (changing the panel seems much harder) or new input layouts or whatever.
@@antoniobaric5798 but Valve isn't like other companies, they have deep coffers and no board members to please. Just look at how they make games compared with the likes of EA, bestheda etc etc..
As well as Phil Spencer. People genuinely humble and passionate about their companies and their products. Not warring in arguments over which plastic thing is better, but rather establishing friendships that benefit them and the gamer.
That accusation doesn't make sense when you consider the tech in the Steam Deck. It's incredible value for money, roughly equivalent to a mobile PS4 (that you can also use like a normal PC).
It is refreshing to see him be so honest on the product he has created and is selling. So many big companies way over promise and under deliver. He is clearly stating the deck's place in the gaming market, what it can do and what it can't.
He doesn't need to sell it. Like he said, this is the exact thing that all of us have been waiting for since we first started gaming. Nintendo's ticking license-bomb, walled garden, decade-old technology wasn't it. Seeing the Deck is like exiting the dungeon for the first time in Elder Scrolls Oblivion.. suddenly everything is open and you are free to explore! Every gamer understands the implications immediately.
its pretty easy to be an ethical wealthy CEO when you have such a massive monopoly over a massive market with very little technological investment required
Valve was able to do this because its not a publicly traded company - Gabe has full control over the R&D, hardware and software produced. Shows that he really doesn't need outside investors as he knows the direction of the company's future and how the company finances should be spent.
@@matthumphries She just had that news anchor interview energy. Gabe is very nonchalant and calm so the vibe was just off putting. She did great and asked great questions to Gabe though
Gabe Newell and John Carmack are two of the few people that always seem honest (enough) in their interviews, presentations and conversations. This whilst being incredibly practical and smart. Can't wait what the future will bring!
The sigh right before "pain" at 4:33 comes from deep within him lmao. Thanks for all the work Gabe, you're truly an example for the rest of the industry.
Not really only if valve can Crack 100 thousand and 1 million of these things sell in a market dominated by Nintendo and smart phones and that being handheld/mobile
@@maplemiles3381 Steam Deck has nothing to do with mobile phones. Steam Deck will most likely compete with Nintendo Switch and Nintendo executives will be probably sweating bullets soon.
@@maplemiles3381 you're so silly, the steam deck has nothing to do with sales, rather creating a new product category in PC gaming. This is not a switch or mobile phone competitor, it's a completely new market that valve almost single handedly just created.
Top notch journalism here. You get a high profile person like Gabe and just robotically read him questions to answer moving onto the next one regardless of how he answers.
She actually did a fine job...but Gaben is too human and personable and she was trying to be more clinical and quick. But honestly it beats some fanboy gushing and asking fluff questions.
The interviewer should work on their interviewing skills. There was no back and forth going on, even tho Gabe seemed to wish for that. She was very robotic in reading her questions and not asking Gabe spontaneous questions based on his answers, or atleast that’s what it seemed like.
im pretty sure gabe was doing a seperate interview and he was stitched in to make it seem like a real interview. There is a very sudden lack of back and forth for even the most formal interviews here.
The user reparability aspect will really go a long way to extend the life of this device, years after the hardware becomes obsolete. Just like a PC should.
Valve has become a innovation factory for PC gamers in the last decade. What they did and do is awesome: Steam, the Steam Link, the Index, Alyx, Remote Play together … and now the Deck and Proton! Go on Valve! We love it.
The size is not an issue, it is perfect, and if things start to get smaller internally it would be great to use the extra space for more battery. and a bigger screen, there still room for getting rid of the bezels.
Yeah, the size of the device itself makes total sense, but the bezels make the screen look very outdated compared to other modern devices. If it was stretched out right to the edge of the controllers it would be 👌
Top drawer screen please Gabe! for the next one. Nice to hear they're thinking about the top end model based on demand. OLED, VRR, and the capacity to make older games at ~60fps.... that's surely the dream machine.
One thing they did right is the ordering system. PUT US IN A QUEUE AND LET US WAIT UNTIL OUR TURN COMES UP. They did it right, sony and xbox gave the scalpers a market
This form factor definitely looks like a stepping-stone to some kind of index-like quest 2 competitor. Especially considering there's a high demand for the most expensive tier. Iterate a little to bring the components closer together and cram it behind the screen of a VR headset
Don't expect a video about the Steam Deck launch until a month after or half a year at best. Be on the look out for people with faulty models if your expecting a montage of "a painful launch of the Steam Deck".
Not surprised a lot of people want the higher end SKU, its priced lower than a gaming laptop and the PC gaming community is used to spending $1000 on the latest hardware. Steam Deck isn't a toy for children like the GBA or Switch its a PC.
Gabe Newell is so relateable. He approves how Facebook's Metaverse is a silly concept knowing MMOs have been around a long time, and Steam hasn't lost my interest in more than a decade. I'm really rooting for this console/handheld. He's one of those CEOs that never disappoint.
I'm not sure his son comprehens how lucky he is to be able to have his dad be his "minion" healer in an MMORPG, let alone the dad being Gabe freakin' Newell!
Not picking on the interviewer but the way the questions were presented and the script was written really didn't work. She sounds like a text-to-speech program, not a human being having an organic conversation. That might come down to inexperience on camera, but that's not really an excuse for a massive company like IGN. You just don't put new on-camera personalities on interviews. Maybe they could get eased in by doing other scripted content first?
Why did you feel the need to point that out. I c a lot of people at ign do the same thing the only difference is she’s black if she wasn’t you would not have said that
@@mikejones4573 he pointed it out because it is this video. Why would he say that about others in this video? That's like saying "man the reviewer for cod black ops was not very enthusiastic." Makes no sense.
The craziest thing about the deck is that it has been proven to comfortably emulate consoles up to and including ps3. On a handheld, without much tweaking, as well as play the newer triple A titles. It covers so many games straight out the box it's just insane
For such a high profile interview, wish IGN had prepared her better with more background info and flexibility around the questions. Perhaps that's why she is frowning.
This is the future of gaming. Having the capability of a PC anywhere you want. Its just like gabe said. Having a portable computer changed the scene and made laptops the future. This is the same but for gaming.
if valve keeps the deck's internal design as newer versions of the machine come out then the steam deck as it is can be future proof for those who want to upgrade the internals on their own
It's probably hard to answer. It'd be like asking when they started working on alyx... random experiments eventually developed into a concerted effort to make a product. It'd be hard to put an exact timeline on it.
It sounds like he's always wanted to do it, but I'd imagine it wasn't until he saw the wide success of the Switch before going all in. Much like how they saw the recent success of VR and decided to make the Index. He said how they even talked with Nintendo about it, which makes sense how the new Portal ports came about. Probably a thank you for their help.
As an console gamer who loves FPS and retro FPS, this is a no-brainer for me! So many great Nightdive, New Blood and indie shooters are finally playable in “console” form! Thanks Valve
Even with this thing out and people saying it's a switch killer the switch will simply keep selling well no matter if Nintendo has 3rd party games or not (Nintendo since switch has got a little bit more 3rd party support then they did with the wii u)
valve has to be one of the best companies out there. always has been transparent about everything and they seem to be “for the gamers” and not “for the money” which is really refreshing to see. praise lord gaben.
Twist: The interviewer is actually a Steam Robot prototype that Gabe is working on. He accidentally has it set at 1.5x normal speed and doesn't have the Conversational Mode function enabled yet.
Would playing the Deck (or any electronic devices) whilst charging cause any issues on the battery life of the battery? I've always read online some people say it won't cause any issues , some say it will.
Not 100% but lithium batteries have charge cycles, let's say 5000, the biggest hit is when you go from 80,90 to 100 and when you reach 0, so on laptops for example you limit the battery to 90% through a software and leave it until it's charged to that point, after that it wouldn't charge anymore and instead of using the battery it would directly use the adapter you would use for charging. So the least charge cycles would be spent, there is a command in windows to see how many charge cycles are remaining, I'm not sure about steam deck. If the steam deck works like this (not sure at all) then there wouldn't be any problem. You don't need to limit the battery of course, just fully charged and then you can keep using it whenever you want. Also there's another thing (rumor) I've heard that you should empty the battery like once per two weeks or a month
As long as they can offer qd oleds with high PPI, then they can even go against top tier set ups. Getting high PPI is not cheap as it is, and neither is QD oled, but for such a small screen it should be possible to offer unsurpassable value in the screens in these small devices. The benefit of high PPI is may be something that goes unappreciated, but it basically adds sharpness to the point Picture quality looks 3d without the 3d glasses. Even if such a device (steam deck with qd oled, and high PPI) cost a premium it would be much cheaper than someone getting a top end rig with a high end monitor.
It's weird how genuine Gabe sounds and how artificial the interviewer comes across. It's usually the other way around. Corporate mouthpiece spouts uber-generic corpo-talk and the interviewer is trying to coax actual answers from them. What a saint!
My Wish List for a version 2 . Better screen with better color and viewing angles 120hz , built in stand, more IO, more battery, HD rumble of some kind.
Releasing Cad files, right to repair, Ifixit partnership, creating more tools for devs, gabe newell confirming new models in the future.... man Valve is on fire right now
They have to properly enter a new market to grind profits, and they know what consumers want like every other company, so nothing special. If it succeeds they ll start taking stuff back to see how far you as a consumer are willing to go, same like every other company. Not trying to sound all doom and gloom, but it was all seen many times already, some companies just try more or less. Be careful with getting hooked to new stuff and filling em up with more and more cash for less.
Right, it's very exciting. I'd like to know their plans regarding future models, starting with the naming, a future Deck would run the same games but better, so no points in naming it Deck 2, also with how modular the internals are, the most incredible thing they could do is sell mainboards with the latest chips on it without having to buy a whole new system, they seem pretty open with people tinkering with their devices so why not go all the way and sell upgrade kits and only get a whole new system when they change the screen resolution or technology (changing the panel seems much harder) or new input layouts or whatever.
And it's running on Steam OS which is based on Linux - the most "open" OS compared to Windows and Mac
@@antoniobaric5798 but Valve isn't like other companies, they have deep coffers and no board members to please. Just look at how they make games compared with the likes of EA, bestheda etc etc..
@@laithmeanslion They are exactly like any other company. Maximizing profits. Attaching feelings to companies was always a recipe for disaster.
I'm so glad the gaming industry still has its gentle giants like Gabe.
As well as Phil Spencer.
People genuinely humble and passionate about their companies and their products. Not warring in arguments over which plastic thing is better, but rather establishing friendships that benefit them and the gamer.
More like unethical money-hungry exploitative capitalists ready to squeeze every little cent out of consumer's pockets for their profit
Yes we are lucky to have him and Phil Spencer too.
The gaming Jesus
That accusation doesn't make sense when you consider the tech in the Steam Deck. It's incredible value for money, roughly equivalent to a mobile PS4 (that you can also use like a normal PC).
It is refreshing to see him be so honest on the product he has created and is selling. So many big companies way over promise and under deliver. He is clearly stating the deck's place in the gaming market, what it can do and what it can't.
The transparency that Valve is giving us is incredible. It's such a great model for other companies to see how well consumers respond to it too.
Still he doesn't deliver HL3, P3, TF3.
@@TrioLOLGamers touch grass
Yeah
He doesn't need to sell it. Like he said, this is the exact thing that all of us have been waiting for since we first started gaming. Nintendo's ticking license-bomb, walled garden, decade-old technology wasn't it. Seeing the Deck is like exiting the dungeon for the first time in Elder Scrolls Oblivion.. suddenly everything is open and you are free to explore! Every gamer understands the implications immediately.
Gabe starting with "not really" really defines PC gaming.
It defines Valve better. Aside from keeping steam servers up, pretty much all their projects end up 'not really' going anywhere...
Song name in the beginning? Beat was nice
@@ApoMelon Darude Sandstorm
@@borky1987 But you here before 301+ views?
@@Vipus2501 valve index.
Gabe is hilarious and incredibly intelligent- listening to him alone is enough to make me excited to support the Steam Deck and its future progress
its*
@@takeiteasy6346 Think he just meant in general that Gabe's hilarious as a person, but hey its a positive comment so kudos to Brandon for his comment
Something about Gabe Newell, the ceo of valve, talking about a game he’s playing is extremely endearing.
it's great because he is probably the only major gaming company CEO that genuinely really is into gaming (other than razer's CEO).
@@derekverveer6058 Phil Spencer ?
@@osmancardona3613 Yeah Phile a Legend aswell Love Him
@@Kyle1994NI Layoff Legend!
Gaben looking like the Gaming Santa that he is
Considering this gift he just gave us all….. he very much is ..
Santa Gaming
He is our Santa and Jesus 🙏
Well he is the lord and saviour of PC Gaming.
@@daksans6764 he's the entire holy duet.Since the number three does not exist.
One thing I've always loved about Gabe is that he never insults or depreciate anybody to promote his products. A lot can be learned from him.
You probably meant "denegrate" though most people do depreciate over time.
@@photonboy999 Sneaky :D
@@photonboy999 depreciate can also be used as "belittle"
@@photonboy999 "Denigrate"... you know, if you're going to correct someone at least spell it properly.
Gabe's just being chill af and then Taylor is over here speaking like an Ali-A intro.
Gabe is such a perfect CEO. Personable, and damned smart about the business he is in. Great questions from the interviewer, too! Set him up perfectly.
especially when you find out that valve employees make something like an average of $300k a year
its pretty easy to be an ethical wealthy CEO when you have such a massive monopoly over a massive market with very little technological investment required
He even hand-delivered the first Steam Deck himself!
@@mdh_masalewale8681 not really. Other giants like Microsoft, Sony, Apple, Intel wasnt able to do this, even at their height of success
@@lyndongaming pretty sure he means pc gaming market
Hope Gabe lives for many many years to come.
man when this legend go, it will hit me hard
Hopefully we get Gabe 2
@@crimblr Oh, we'll get a Gabe 2, just not a 3
@@justanotherlikeyou Yeah, nothing related to Source goes to 3, not even Gabe... Pain.
Don't worry, guys, after Gabe 2 there will be Gabe 1.5.
Valve was able to do this because its not a publicly traded company - Gabe has full control over the R&D, hardware and software produced. Shows that he really doesn't need outside investors as he knows the direction of the company's future and how the company finances should be spent.
Couldn't agree more. No only-money-matters corporate a-holes to satisfy.
Im looking forward to Steam deck 2 and Steam deck 4.
They can count to 3 now, low price Steam deck is 3 99.00
@@haloharry97 still it's not 3... In fact the new spinoff of portal "IS NOT PORTAL 3"
@@TrioLOLGamers half life too
Maybe SteamOS 3.0 is the hint.
Steamdeck is the 3rd type of hardware released by Valve...
HL3 confirmed
Feels like the interviewer and Gabe are in different interviews
felt the exact same way. the interviewer's energy clashed really poorly with Gabe. like tone it down a bit. idk just felt weird
@@matthumphries She just had that news anchor interview energy. Gabe is very nonchalant and calm so the vibe was just off putting. She did great and asked great questions to Gabe though
@@GRAv111 That She is a He. Taylor is a male name.
@@osamaanees8406 who really knows nowadays
@@osamaanees8406 ever heard of taylor swift?
It's really nice to hear from Gabe and get his thoughts. Thanks to him and the team for the work they're doing.
You could see the pain and salt on his face when he talks about reaching the low price point. Thank you for your sacrifice.
they are betting a lot on the steam store
Selling hardware at a loss in the hopes of making it back by game sales is nothing new, but scary to attempt either way
How much is it?
@@TheEnigmaticBM39 399 for 64gb 529 for 256gb with m.2 faster storage and 650 for 512gb with m.2 faster storage and a screen protector. All us dollars
The interviewer sounds like a new anchor while Newell is just trying to have a causal conversation about the deck.
Gabe Newell and John Carmack are two of the few people that always seem honest (enough) in their interviews, presentations and conversations. This whilst being incredibly practical and smart. Can't wait what the future will bring!
The sigh right before "pain" at 4:33 comes from deep within him lmao.
Thanks for all the work Gabe, you're truly an example for the rest of the industry.
Lol Gabe is out here being borderline interrogated by this interviewer and still came off super chill and engaged
She's reading off a script, there's no interrogation, she's as genuine is a robot programed to vacuum your floor.
Gaben playing FF because his son needs a healer is the most wholesome thing I've heard all year. What a legend.
this lady's voice she sounds like she needs to be a news anchor rather than a video game interviewer person
Biggest takeaway for me is Gabe playing FFXIV and showcasing that you can play the game on the go...
Biggest takeaway is that he’s doing it with and for his kid.
Same for me.
Gaben is a Medic GF lol
The Steam Deck is the most exciting thing to happen in the gaming industry in a very, very long time.
Not really only if valve can Crack 100 thousand and 1 million of these things sell in a market dominated by Nintendo and smart phones and that being handheld/mobile
@@maplemiles3381 Steam Deck has nothing to do with mobile phones. Steam Deck will most likely compete with Nintendo Switch and Nintendo executives will be probably sweating bullets soon.
@@maplemiles3381 you're so silly, the steam deck has nothing to do with sales, rather creating a new product category in PC gaming. This is not a switch or mobile phone competitor, it's a completely new market that valve almost single handedly just created.
@@daksans6764 non of Nintendo's staff are sweeting bullets at all.
@@maplemiles3381 Did you hear that Nintendo will soon go out of business?
"real customers... They tell us where we are wrong". What an intelligent business leader!
Gabe's beard is a reminder of the state of tf2
it should be an accepeted item, like "The CEO Beard"
Nah that beard looks too clean for that.
@@randominternetsurfersurfin7595 that beard still doesn't have that many bots. 🤣😭
grey
The patron saint of gaming
All praise lord GabeN!
And now a great Linux Saint alongside Linus Torvalds, and Richard Stalman.
Top notch journalism here. You get a high profile person like Gabe and just robotically read him questions to answer moving onto the next one regardless of how he answers.
Lol, she didn't show any reaction either like there wouldn't have been any difference if Gabe read the questions on a piece of paper
Yeah, that's journalism. You want her to inject personality and it becomes a talkshow.
She actually did a fine job...but Gaben is too human and personable and she was trying to be more clinical and quick. But honestly it beats some fanboy gushing and asking fluff questions.
We don't want a dean takahashi moment instead..
Just reading things. LOL
The interviewer should work on their interviewing skills. There was no back and forth going on, even tho Gabe seemed to wish for that. She was very robotic in reading her questions and not asking Gabe spontaneous questions based on his answers, or atleast that’s what it seemed like.
im pretty sure gabe was doing a seperate interview and he was stitched in to make it seem like a real interview. There is a very sudden lack of back and forth for even the most formal interviews here.
Very transparent interview with the device literally just released. Can you even comprehend Nintendo doing anything like this?
Prob not. Kudos for transparency on prime 4 but according to them stick drift still doesnt exsist.
The user reparability aspect will really go a long way to extend the life of this device, years after the hardware becomes obsolete. Just like a PC should.
Valve has become a innovation factory for PC gamers in the last decade. What they did and do is awesome: Steam, the Steam Link, the Index, Alyx, Remote Play together … and now the Deck and Proton! Go on Valve! We love it.
Remote Play Together is such a game changer and doesn't get the flashy headlines it deserves
@@Wabajak13 ps5 annihilated that and how smooth it works
@@Wabajak13 while being integrated into steam is amazing, I'm 99% sure parsec did it first
The size is not an issue, it is perfect, and if things start to get smaller internally it would be great to use the extra space for more battery. and a bigger screen, there still room for getting rid of the bezels.
The size is not an issue. Thats what she said.
@@BroskiPlays Right before she left me :(
A deck like device with Apple's m1 and an open os like linux/windows would disrupt gaming industry
Yeah, the size of the device itself makes total sense, but the bezels make the screen look very outdated compared to other modern devices. If it was stretched out right to the edge of the controllers it would be 👌
Bigger battery along with a bigger screen means same battery life. Bigger screens consume more power.
When's he going to finish a song of ice and fire? it's been decades
Got a big laugh out of me =D
Shut up lmao
he was busy writing for elden ring
Hahahahah
@@klystron2010 hahahahah x2
Now compatibility is key! Get everything working and it will be fire!
Imagine getting mad at your team in FF and being able to genuinely say “My dad owns Valve.”
Fear
@@laultimarebanada Reminds me of "my dad works for nintendo".
@@Abou47Pandas naw more like back in mw2 days "my dad works at Microsoft"
@@mycelium1456 I'm guessing you're younger than @about47pandas. "My dad works at Nintendo" spoke straight to my childhood 80's heart.
@@ChrisCypher ye 25 lol
Thanks Gabe for always caring about the PC Community & the gamers!!!
They should've sent Gabe an answer sheet with all the questions they had and this "interview" would have gone the same way.
Gabe's interviews are so informative. I'd happy listen to hours of him talking about the industry and problems/resolutions and future Innovations.
The interviewer sounds like they recorded questions after Gabe's interview. No interaction
Came for the Gabe. Left after the Gabe.
Stay for the Gabe
Left 4 Gabe 2
How did gabe go from looking in his 30s in 2013, from looking like he is 75 in 2022
He's Gabe Newell the white.
beard
One of the drawbacks of having your email public for everyone to get in contact to.
Stress probably aged him and also just his beard and gray hair
GTA effect ?
Top drawer screen please Gabe! for the next one. Nice to hear they're thinking about the top end model based on demand. OLED, VRR, and the capacity to make older games at ~60fps.... that's surely the dream machine.
eGPU support would be a big one. Many people would completely abandon desktops with that.
Is that basically confirmation that ffxiv will run on steam deck? 😃
Yeah.
Doesn't take that much to run it
One thing they did right is the ordering system. PUT US IN A QUEUE AND LET US WAIT UNTIL OUR TURN COMES UP. They did it right, sony and xbox gave the scalpers a market
As someone who facilities professional interviews regularly, these were bad questions.
This form factor definitely looks like a stepping-stone to some kind of index-like quest 2 competitor. Especially considering there's a high demand for the most expensive tier.
Iterate a little to bring the components closer together and cram it behind the screen of a VR headset
Why is the Interviewer like Preprogrammed Robot/AI?
Yeah what the hell was that.
When Corporate Fills Quotas! Much love to the interviewer but it’s kinda clear.
@@the77th well said. No hate on the interviewer in the slightest. Just a slightly unrelatable style, Gabe made this so personable
@@the77thshe earned the job David duke.
@@Isack4 well said? You klansmen are funny.
Imagine crowbcat in two days
Steam deck's painless launch
well, this isnt happening, because its a painful launch which is a shame, its still not ready for release and they still released it
Well its not like all coutries will get it day 1 :(
Don't expect a video about the Steam Deck launch until a month after or half a year at best.
Be on the look out for people with faulty models if your expecting a montage of "a painful launch of the Steam Deck".
The interviewer could have tried to make the questions sound more natural here, but great insights from Gabe!
Spoiler: The interviewer was actually built by Aperture Laboratories.
@@hueypautonoman lol
Not surprised a lot of people want the higher end SKU, its priced lower than a gaming laptop and the PC gaming community is used to spending $1000 on the latest hardware. Steam Deck isn't a toy for children like the GBA or Switch its a PC.
Nintendo Switch manchildren fans will try hard to downplay Steam Deck.
@@daksans6764 fanboying for any platform is silly
Get real, the Steam Deck is just as much a toy as the Nintendo Switch.
Gabe Newell is so relateable. He approves how Facebook's Metaverse is a silly concept knowing MMOs have been around a long time, and Steam hasn't lost my interest in more than a decade. I'm really rooting for this console/handheld. He's one of those CEOs that never disappoint.
The IGN host is intense. It seemed more like an interrogation haha
Can't wait to finally get my hands on the deck.
Love Gabe.
Can't wait for the future for Valve, big outlook for PC gaming moved to other platforms for accessibility
Gabe is too perfect he thought of everything
No, he got the right people to think of everything ;)
The moment Gabe appeared on camera, didn't anybody else instantly think "Santa Claus!"?
White beard, red shirt.. lol
This is why he chose 25
I'm not sure his son comprehens how lucky he is to be able to have his dad be his "minion" healer in an MMORPG, let alone the dad being Gabe freakin' Newell!
Not picking on the interviewer but the way the questions were presented and the script was written really didn't work. She sounds like a text-to-speech program, not a human being having an organic conversation. That might come down to inexperience on camera, but that's not really an excuse for a massive company like IGN. You just don't put new on-camera personalities on interviews. Maybe they could get eased in by doing other scripted content first?
Why did you feel the need to point that out. I c a lot of people at ign do the same thing the only difference is she’s black if she wasn’t you would not have said that
@@mikejones4573 no
@@mikejones4573 he pointed it out because it is this video. Why would he say that about others in this video? That's like saying
"man the reviewer for cod black ops was not very enthusiastic." Makes no sense.
Hi Gabe! Asia would love to have a chance to buy the Steam Deck, especially Philippines (where I'm from lol)
Fellow Filipino!! Pretty excited for this one!! 👍
Whole of Asia please 🙏
Imagine Nintendo being this transparent and consumer-friendly regarding one of their products.
The craziest thing about the deck is that it has been proven to comfortably emulate consoles up to and including ps3. On a handheld, without much tweaking, as well as play the newer triple A titles. It covers so many games straight out the box it's just insane
Massive respect for Gabe for what he has accomplished over the years and his humble down to earth demeanor through it all
4:30 Gabe always look and sound so exasperated when talking about the price point of the steam deck lol
Whoever this interviewer is is EXTREME! My anxiety peaks everytime she starts talking. Calm down!
She should be doing sports reporting or narrate car chases.
Hoping to snag one later this summer after the Q2 shipments arrive
The presenter feels like a weird robot person
Agreed
she just sounds like a news reporter imo, not too weird lol
really aggressive for an interviewer 😬
The lost art of conversation. . .
Not once did she engage with anything Gabe said.
For such a high profile interview, wish IGN had prepared her better with more background info and flexibility around the questions.
Perhaps that's why she is frowning.
omg he plays ffxiv on the deck!!
This is the future of gaming. Having the capability of a PC anywhere you want. Its just like gabe said. Having a portable computer changed the scene and made laptops the future. This is the same but for gaming.
if valve keeps the deck's internal design as newer versions of the machine come out then the steam deck as it is can be future proof for those who want to upgrade the internals on their own
great interview. glad to hear about the higher priced SKUs selling more
outperforming expectations of underperformance... great sign indeed
I'd love to know how long they've actually been working on the deck. Gabe danced around that question.
It's probably hard to answer. It'd be like asking when they started working on alyx... random experiments eventually developed into a concerted effort to make a product. It'd be hard to put an exact timeline on it.
It sounds like he's always wanted to do it, but I'd imagine it wasn't until he saw the wide success of the Switch before going all in. Much like how they saw the recent success of VR and decided to make the Index. He said how they even talked with Nintendo about it, which makes sense how the new Portal ports came about. Probably a thank you for their help.
@@jase276 it's probably the case of IMO Let the competition build one and then we build something better.
Thanks Gabe for the interview. Looking forward to my Deck.
As an console gamer who loves FPS and retro FPS, this is a no-brainer for me! So many great Nightdive, New Blood and indie shooters are finally playable in “console” form! Thanks Valve
Even with this thing out and people saying it's a switch killer the switch will simply keep selling well no matter if Nintendo has 3rd party games or not (Nintendo since switch has got a little bit more 3rd party support then they did with the wii u)
This system only has 1st and 2nd party support.... possibly 4th party
Would be awesome to see new genesis pso 2 running on this beast.
International availability please
Love to support this guy and his company 👏🏽🥂
It's refreshing to see collab for ifixit, transparency, extension of Pc gaming on mobile, etc. :)
Waiting for Steam Deck
Gabe is a better version of the "are you winning, son?" making it "We are winning, son" while playing Final Fantasy.
The screen can stay 7” but just make it 1080p for future deck
valve has to be one of the best companies out there. always has been transparent about everything and they seem to be “for the gamers” and not “for the money” which is really refreshing to see. praise lord gaben.
Twist: The interviewer is actually a Steam Robot prototype that Gabe is working on. He accidentally has it set at 1.5x normal speed and doesn't have the Conversational Mode function enabled yet.
The interviewer can be replaced with text to speech software with that amount of human interaction and emotion of that interviewer, omg
Would playing the Deck (or any electronic devices) whilst charging cause any issues on the battery life of the battery? I've always read online some people say it won't cause any issues , some say it will.
Not 100% but lithium batteries have charge cycles, let's say 5000, the biggest hit is when you go from 80,90 to 100 and when you reach 0, so on laptops for example you limit the battery to 90% through a software and leave it until it's charged to that point, after that it wouldn't charge anymore and instead of using the battery it would directly use the adapter you would use for charging. So the least charge cycles would be spent, there is a command in windows to see how many charge cycles are remaining, I'm not sure about steam deck. If the steam deck works like this (not sure at all) then there wouldn't be any problem. You don't need to limit the battery of course, just fully charged and then you can keep using it whenever you want. Also there's another thing (rumor) I've heard that you should empty the battery like once per two weeks or a month
It’s so awesome how Gabe plays video games with his son
*Gamers Nexus: We do teardown of the steam deck and put it back together*
*Linus: Valve just gave me multiple steam decks, they know me*
what does this have to do with the video though?
To be fair, they sent a couple units to every many outlets.
Thanks for sharing this ♐ 👌
Santa Newell ❤
I’m down for a steam deck dedicated console
That intro music was Boss
Assymetric gameplay like the Wii U gamepad might be something to look into.
As long as they can offer qd oleds with high PPI, then they can even go against top tier set ups. Getting high PPI is not cheap as it is, and neither is QD oled, but for such a small screen it should be possible to offer unsurpassable value in the screens in these small devices.
The benefit of high PPI is may be something that goes unappreciated, but it basically adds sharpness to the point Picture quality looks 3d without the 3d glasses. Even if such a device (steam deck with qd oled, and high PPI) cost a premium it would be much cheaper than someone getting a top end rig with a high end monitor.
Anything less than 300ppi on handheld looks bad for me.
Gabe is the King Wizard if Gaming.. Keep chatting to us lad
he knows what gamers want because he plays games himself (especially with his son so he got his own POV and tyhe younger generation's POV as well)
Any idea what is up with the red marks on Gabe's face? Awesome guy. loved the Valve delivery video.
It's weird how genuine Gabe sounds and how artificial the interviewer comes across. It's usually the other way around. Corporate mouthpiece spouts uber-generic corpo-talk and the interviewer is trying to coax actual answers from them.
What a saint!
If there was a 1 TB option,that would’ve sold a lot as well
My Wish List for a version 2 . Better screen with better color and viewing angles 120hz , built in stand, more IO, more battery, HD rumble of some kind.
see you in 2030
This will put a dent on PC sales and I'm all for it because of this outrageous CPU and GPU prices.