['
Steam
', 'Deck
', 'developer
', 'kits
', 'are
', 'now
', 'being
', 'sent
', 'to
', 'game
', 'developers
', 'for
', 'them
', 'to
', 'test
', 'the
', 'hardware
', 'with
', 'their
', 'products
', 'ahead
', 'of
', 'its
', 'big
', 'release
', 'at
', 'the
', 'end
', 'of
', 'the
', 'year.
', 'These
', 'dev
', 'kit
', 'models
', 'are
', '“functionally
', 'identical”
', 'to
', 'the
', 'finished
', 'product,
', 'as
', 'we’ve
', 'heard
', 'before,
', 'and
', 'while
', 'there’ll
', 'be
', 'small
', 'differences,
', 'they
', 'won’t
', 'be
', 'anything
', 'that
', 'matters.
', 'This
', 'is
', 'not
', 'really
', 'a
', 'surprise
', 'seeing
', 'as
', 'at
', 'the
', 'start
', 'of
', 'September,
', 'Valve
', 'announced
', 'that
', 'it
', 'was
', 'getting
', 'ready
', 'to
', 'ship
', 'developer
', 'kits,
', 'and
', 'for
', 'requests
', 'to
', 'be
', 'made
', 'for
', 'the
', 'limited
', 'number
', 'of
', 'these
', 'which
', 'were
', 'being
', 'prepared.
', 'So
', 'those
', 'requests
', 'have
', 'been
', 'received,
', 'processed,
', 'and
', 'the
', 'lucky
', 'devs
', 'deemed
', 'important
', 'enough
', 'are
', 'getting
', 'a
', 'Steam
', 'Deck
', 'imminently.
', 'The
', 'engineering
', 'samples
', 'of
', 'the
', 'handhelds
', 'are
', 'intended
', 'to
', 'give
', 'Valve
', 'the
', '“chance
', 'to
', 'guide
', 'game
', 'developers
', 'through
', 'the
', 'process
', 'of
', 'getting
', 'their
', 'games
', 'on
', 'Steam
', 'Deck
', '”,
', 'the
', 'firm
', 'notes
', ',
', 'and
', 'to
', 'get
', 'feedback
', 'on
', 'possible
', 'issues
', 'as
', 'the
', 'final
', 'phase
', 'of
', 'work
', 'on
', 'the
', 'device
', 'ramps
', 'up.
', 'We
', 'also
', 'got
', 'a
', 'glimpse
', 'of
', 'some
', 'pics
', 'of
', 'the
', 'dev
', 'units
', 'being
', 'given
', 'their
', 'final
', 'updates
', '(above)
', 'and
', 'then
', 'subsequently
', 'packaged
', 'up
', 'ready
', 'to
', 'be
', 'shipped
', '(below).
', '(Image
', 'credit:
', 'Valve)
', 'Analysis:
', 'Swift
', 'delivery
', 'of
', 'samples
', 'To
', 'all
', 'intents
', 'and
', 'purposes,
', 'then,
', 'the
', 'Steam
', 'Deck
', 'hardware
', 'is
', 'done,
', 'with
', 'just
', 'polishing
', 'and
', 'honing
', 'to
', 'perform
', '–
', 'and
', 'hopefully
', 'that’s
', 'something
', 'of
', 'a
', 'hint
', 'that
', 'Valve
', 'is
', 'on-track
', 'to
', 'launch
', 'the
', 'portable
', 'PC
', 'as
', 'planned
', 'in
', 'December.
', 'After
', '
all,
', 'it’s
', 'taken
', 'less
', 'than
', 'a
', 'fortnight
', 'to
', 'get
', 'the
', 'names
', 'of
', 'interested
', 'parties,
', 'process
', 'them
', 'and
', 'ship
', 'out
', 'dev
', 'sample
', 'units,
', 'so
', 'that
', 'seems
', 'to
', 'be
', 'pretty
', 'quick
', '–
', 'even
', 'if
', 'at
', 'this
', 'point,
', 'it
', 'needs
', 'to
', 'be.
', 'Remember,
', 'we’re
', 'only
', 'a
', 'few
', 'months
', 'away
', 'from
', 'the
', 'actual
', 'retail
', 'launch
', 'now,
', 'so
', 'testing
', 'needs
', 'to
', 'proceed
', 'with
', 'some
', 'urgency.
', 'Of
', 'course,
', 'even
', 'if
', 'things
', 'seem
', 'to
', 'be
', 'on
', 'track
', 'right
', 'now
', 'for
', 'the
', 'big
', 'launch,
', 'exactly
', 'how
', 'many
', 'units
', 'might
', 'be
', 'available
', 'in
', 'December
', 'is
', 'another
', 'question
', 'entirely
', '–
', 'particularly
', 'given
', 'how
', 'quickly
', 'pre-orders
', 'were
', 'pushed
', 'way
', 'out
', 'into
', '2022
', 'when
', 'they
', 'first
', 'went
', 'live.
', 'What’s
', 'clear
', 'enough
', 'is
', 'that
', 'a
', 'great
', 'deal
', 'of
', 'gamers
', 'are
', 'going
', 'to
', 'be
', 'doing
', 'some
', 'waiting,
', 'it’s
', 'just
', 'a
', 'question
', 'of
', 'how
', 'much
', 'waiting
', '.
', 'Currently,
', 'the
', 'Steam
', 'Deck
', 'pre-order
', 'page
', 'shows
', 'expected
', 'availability
', 'of
', '‘after
', 'Q2
', '2022’
', 'for
', 'all
', 'models,
', 'which
', 'indicates
', 'July
', '2022
', 'or
', 'later.
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