Valve’s gradual rollout of the Steam Deck has been a part of its launch technique all alongside, however the delay of its docking station peripheral was a bit extra sudden.
The long-awaited Steam Deck docking station had already been delayed for many of 2022 — and now, Valve has confirmed one more setback in its launch for an unsure period of time.
Valve detailed in a blog post on Wednesday that the accent to its Steam Deck hand-held gaming system has as soon as once more been delayed for launch on account of “components shortages and COVID closures at our manufacturing services.”
The docking station was initially set to launch in February as a principal accent for the Steam Deck. The dock is designed to behave as a hands-free stand and connector system to TVs, exterior shows, and different peripherals. It additionally permits for charging of the Steam Deck, including some much-needed further battery life to the power-hungry handheld.
Valve used the primary delay interval to improve the Steam Deck docking station round April, with USB 3.1 ports for improved switch speeds, as famous by Gizmodo.
Up to now, the corporate has nonetheless not been capable of give concrete particulars on precisely when the docking accent may launch to customers — simply one of many downsides to how the Steam Deck launched.
“We’re engaged on bettering the state of affairs and can share extra data when now we have it. This has no impact on manufacturing schedule and reservation home windows for Steam Decks (completely different components, completely different factories),” Valve mentioned in its weblog.
For these nonetheless ready to obtain their Steam Decks, that, a minimum of, is sweet information.
In the intervening time, customers produce other charging and accent choices, equivalent to battery packs, to maintain their Steam Decks topped up with energy. Luckily, the docking station isn’t a essential function for gameplay, together with all the perfect Steam Deck video games you may play.
The Steam Deck is anticipated to replace later this yr with Valve set to make 256GB and 512GB fashions out there in the course of the third quarter, roughly across the October time-frame. Whether or not the docking station will even be out there by that point is anybody’s guess.
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