this is the most attention valve has given to tf2 in years.

"After all, it's your Deck" That's such an incredible thing to hear-and the sad part is that it shouldn't be. More companies need to take after Valve on this initiative.

I love how TF2, an official Valve game, is only 'Playable'.

This alongside their Steam Deck disassembly video from last week show Valve is having one of the most impressive and well-received press runs in years for a game console which can largely be attributed to them (likely) having a great product as well as actually listening to the fans as so many others have mentioned. Incredible job to the developers, hardware engineers, and product designers over at Valve, you guys seem to work in mysterious ways sometimes but I'm glad to see the results!

"no matter what, you will always have the option to run whatever you want on Steam Deck. After all, it's your Deck." Absolute GIGACHAD move, thank you Valve. God these guys really cranking out the good stuff.

This is the most that Valve has officially recognized TF2 in 4 years

The way valve is handling this is definitely big deck energy

"After all, it's your deck!" Valve spitting in the face of nintendo bricking hacked switches and I love it lol

The mentality of “its your deck do what you want” is one of the biggest reasons why I’m so excited to get one I love it

2:21 this part is the most interesting for me. It's just so amazing you can connect this little PC thing with a mouse keyboard and monitor and literary play it anywhere, however you want. Steam Deck is literally the best thing to happen since canned bread

"No matter the rating, you'll always have the option to run whatever you want on Steam Deck. After all, it's your Deck." Thank you so much for acknowledging the user's autonomy :')

I'm really not one to go batting for a corporation, but Valve is one of those that consistently ticks all my boxes. They're the only people who would build a Steam Deck the way they've done here without any strings attached. You don't necessarily even need a Steam account to use a Steam Deck.

Glad you can still install/run games that are "unsupported". Having control over what you consider playable is really nice, looks like Valve knew who their primary audience was. Good stuff.

Valve. In the future, you guys should have some sort of recurring "news" type feature in Steam that every month (or whatever designated period) puts out a list of games that have recently had their ratings changed to being playable/verified. This would be good for those developers and it would further incentivize developers to make their games proton and Steam Deck compatible. Which of course would be great for Steam, the Steam Deck, and PC gaming in general. You guys did an amazing job with the Steam Deck and were smart about pricing with it. With the outrageous GPU prices, Steam Deck will be significantly more attractive than it already would have been. Now the main hurdle (other than supply) is making sure developers prioritize making their games playable on the Steam Deck and with Proton/Steam OS. This could be a very good thing for the industry as a whole, and you guys are leading the way. Further investment could earn you a lot of good will and put you at the forefront of a shift in the industry. And you could forge good symbiotic relationships with developers by promoting their games when they takes steps to make their games playable with Proton/Steam OS and the Steam Deck.

I just love the transparency of these Steam Deck videos, I wish Sony, Nintendo and others would make the same.

i love the fact that tf2 is in here, yet it's only classified as "playable", they acknowledge it's existance, yet still decide to ignore it in some form.

"It's your deck" is such a great slogan. Thank you Valve

I love this open approach that leads to the realisation that we actually *OWN* the product we bought! Kudos Steam & ofc Gaben!

"no matter the rating, you'll always have the option to run whatever you want on steam deck. After all, it's your deck" That's such an awesome line. Massive props to acknowledging that when you buy a product you own it rather than being tied to a Eula that can change or revoke it at any time. Also lowspecgamer will take "vr games don't work on deck" as a challenge, not a statement. Can't wait to see how he gets em to run

This is looking great and the fact they're going this far is even better.

The more I hear about the deck, the more Valve seems poised to give Nintendo an actually serious challenge. Yes there’s lots of Switches in the wild but they could really cut into future sales if they do this right.

Its cool to have this feature, I’m pretty sure that valve will update their games to be compatible with the Steam Deck. Half-Life 2 and the Episodes got updated on the beta branch with a 120 FOV limit (but for some reason you can only set it to 110 in advanced settings) and DXVK Native Render so we’ll see.

This makes a lot of sense for the casual audience who will not want to mess with settings on their system. Also, the fact that dev kits were sent out to developers means that many of them can patch in improvements over time targeting the Steam Deck specifically.

I was never a console guy or a portable guy. I am about to become one. Valve, you have done something amazing here!

"No matter the rating you'll always have an option to run the game" was a phrase I was waiting for the most and Valve apparently never disappoints with this sort of stuff.

Listen I’m a Xbox diehard but this is really going to push me towards gaming through Steam! This is perfect for someone who has a job and in college to be on the go with little time to play but it also includes all the games we love and are familiar with. Keep up the good work Valve!

"A game changes rating when it updates" Tf2 fans: 😔

At first I was really sceptical whether steam deck was good at all or not.. But honestly, through this and the opening of the steam deck video, I am getting a lot more confidence in this. This video in particular feels like it aknowledges that steam deck will have some problems with some games. Which I appreciate. Though I won’t buy this as I have my own PC that I am happy with, but I definitely know people who’d love this, if it works as advertised. Man.. Thank you Valve for being on the good side of video game companies. We have so many other big, scummy ones, so please don’t change.

I like how they allow you to do whatever you want with the steam deck. Many companies can learn something from this.

Fantastic video. Looking forward to this and glad even if a game is unsupported or untested, I can still play it

You really gotta appreciate how honest Valve is with the Deck's hardware, it's something you don't really see often since most tech companies will focus more on pros then the cons. Really looking forward to using this thing when I get a chance

valve just cant dissapoint, simply amazing company

That kind of transparency is what we need now, great stuff valve, some senteces like "It's your deck" gives me hope, that user will be able to do anything with this device, not like with switch. Getting hyped

This was by far my biggest concern with the deck. Thank you for addressing it. I am all but convinced this is going to be a great system.

The support for the Linux gaming community alone is a reason for me to buy a Steam Deck. Thanks to the efforts regarding Anti Cheat, I'll probably be able to play my games not only on the Deck but also on my Linux Desktop in the future. Thank you, Valve! I wish all the best for this product!

I like that being unsupported doesn't mean they won't let it launch, like so many other systems. It's a PC and they understand just because the developers haven't put the work in to get it working, doesn't mean the community won't. I am sure there will be many unsupported games that will work just fine because of the community fixing it.

I can really respect valve for going above and beyond to make sure deck users have the best experience possible

This is great for a console-like comfortable experience! I hope this applies to game performance as well, green = optimized for the Deck

a brilliant move from valve, i have little doubt the deck will be a success, valve seems to be shaping the experience around comfortability for their very varied playerbase

Mi ingles no es bueno, pero quiero dar un mensaje a Valve y en especial al equipo fundador de TF2 muchas gracias por todo y gracias por crear uno de mis viejugos favoritos que amis 28 años de edad vuelvo cada noche despues de romperme la espalda trabajo y soportando a personas que no conoces lo que son los modales, o el respeto al progimo. aun asi creo que hablo tambien por su comunidad que les pedimos de la manera mas educada que si pueden hacer algo sobre el probelma de los bots. no necesitamos nuevas armas, mapas, modos de juegos o cajas. sino el poder jugar a gusto este juego legendario que por culpa de esos bots ya no puedo disfrutar tanto como antes. aun que sigue jugando hasta que el juego cierre. Valve help pls :(

Complete transparency about what their product is about and what it can handle; it keeps everything at a realistic level. Now... If only I could pre-order a deck in my country...

I love how this is already the best portable console right now and it isn’t even out yet

This is actually a brilliant move to normalize the Deck as a mainstay "console." People don't like uncertainty, this will go a long way in relieving that.

Valve is honestly such a good guy for showing Factorio as the first in the line of real-time footage of people playing the steam deck

Great feature with simple implementation! I like it!

I love how transparent you were over the last couple of months. I'm really excited to get mine. FeelsOkayMan

Seems like it'll be a good system. Both this and the Steam Deck itself. I think they'll sell a lot this Christmas, and I hope they do.

Valve, you guys are awesome. Thank you for being the only decent big tech company.

I like how valve is explaining also the cons, not only the pros for their products. I respect that.

Im not sure any company ever has been as forthcoming about their new product as Valve has been with Steam Deck. I cant wait to get mine. I will be able to play D2R and Factorio when Im on the road for work now

i like how they mention the minus not just the plus side, i think every company should take an example from valve

I really appreciate that Valve is going with the "Do what you want with it, you bought it" approach rather than the "Do what we want with it, or we'll brick your system" approach.

VALVe, guys. You can't keep messing with my heart when it comes to TF2

The way valve casual says run whatever you want it your deck is just so in the face of all the other console producers. I love this new direction.

It’s good that they appreciate their hardware isn’t flawless, thanks valve

Brief, informative, and straight to the point. This is what I would like all new consoles & phones release video to be.

Finally! I can’t get destroyed by bots in TF2 outside of the comfort of my home!

Vavle is what I think is coming coming with portable PC. That would be hell of nice suprise. I'm pretty sure if you did the Steam Decks are going to fly off the shelves

The potential that grabbing developers attention to steam deck is automatically good for linux gaming, hopefully more devs will make more games native on Linux or at least working with proton. If Adobe do the same for linux, Windows might become less and less popular.

i like the way the Vlave company operates. they try something. it turns out to be stupid. they dont dwell on their mistake but learn from it instead & move on - creating a good product from what they've learned

“No matter the rating, you’ll always have the option to run whatever you want on Steam Deck.” Power statement

As someone who's gamed on PC for eight years now, I can't see myself ever needing this feature. That being said this is a GREAT idea for the casual market. You guys might have even sold more steam machines if this was a thing back then.

I think the adaptation work you are doing is amazing, i hope everything goes well and we can all enjoy it, thanks and greetings.

This might just be the best motto for a product in a long while: "It's your deck" Valve, never change. *please*

I love to see a portable download for the games. Without full texture resolution (720p) just stereo sound or any fancy graphic option you can't play for lowest SSD space and better loading times! Will be very nice, not every studio could afford do It, but if just AAA games put 720p instead of 4k textures, will be a massive win even for laptop users. Thanks for the price Valve, when most suffer the chip storage ♥️

Thanks for making Linux Gaming possible! The steam deck is Really epic

Though the Steam Deck isn't really for me, I really appreciate Valve's "it's your system; do what you want" attitude with the it. It's what I consider to be the greatest advantage to PC gaming and I hope their efforts to bring that attitude to the handheld market will encourage the competition to do the same.

This kind of dedicated support is promising for Deck owners :)

I hope it really turns out to be a solid, nice, hard Deck and rests firmly into my grasp

The sentence "you will always have an option to run what ever you want on steam deck... After all it's your deck" is the sentence that makes me a potential costumer. I never bought any kind of console. This thing though... i just want it. Even if i somehow won't buy it, i have to thank you Valve because i will feel the change that it will bring regardless.

This thing is literally game changing 😃

More than 23 years ago I put my headphones on, dimmed my lights and entered the Black Mesa and Xen for the very first time. My now 25 year old daughter used to watch me play. She loved the Houndeye. It's been a helluva ride. In my mind there are no other games. I've been gaming since the seventies(arcades, Colecovision, Telstar, Commodore 64, Amiga 500, Nintendo) and nothing has affected me as much as the Half Life experience and franchise.

Sounds like a solution that is simple and to the point.

I just hope every game will come out with an accurate verification, and I hope all of my indie games will run on it!

Man I'm pretty hyped. I wish I would've reserved sooner.

I'm still waiting to see what the experience is like with Windows installed on it. I actually have little interest in running Steam stuff on it but just the fact it's a portable gaming computer that can be used like any other computer excites me allowing me to run anything I want within the hardware limits. Plus by installing Windows most of those limitation of running games no longer becomes an issue and with the right USB-C breakout I bet I could even get my VR headset working on it no problem. For this reason though I still wish the screen resolution was full 1080p but I might be able to live with it...I guess I'll find out whenever I can afford to get one.

I hope these compatibility statuses are displayed everywhere the steam store is accessible. I often browse and purchase games through the mobile app. It would be nice to know if a game is compatible or not.

I have so much faith in this. I have Steam games on my laptop, but I don't find them fun to play with keyboard controls (or games don't run well on my laptop). This will be super convenient for me.

I love how Valve is trying to be super honest and tells us that the Deck is obviously not perfect.

I'm most curious about how the old classic FPS and point-and-click adventure games I love revisiting on PC will run, if at all, on this device. It would be fantastic to take The 7th Guest or Blood onto the plane with me.

If you manage to make tf2 enjoyable on that thing, rocketjumping and airstrafing and all, I am going to buy it without hesitating.

I always have to have respect for valve they are way better than just about any company unfortunately this company does almost nothing but when they do do something you are damn sure theyll do it big

Valve please do not let tf2 die if it does your reputation could comply fall apart. There will never be anything like tf2 and i don't want to see it die

valve may have not released many games but i think this more than makes up for it

I really respect Valve for making so many pro-consumer moves with the Steam Deck. The level of maturity that they're treating their customers with by explaining the pros and cons of almost every aspect of the device while still giving you the freedom to do with it what you will is remarkable in today's tech world, and the fact that they're doing that while still working hard to improve the experience makes it even more admirable. The Steam Deck is moving very quickly up my list of technology that I actually want to own and use, and I'm excited to see where Valve takes the Steam Deck next with this level of professionalism and maturity.

It would be cool if someone makes a database of non-steam games and how they run on the device also since you can put anything on it. Even just a simple wiki or something.

I am so confused about something. Like Valve is great, all their games are masterpieces which revolutionized the gaming industry. From half life, to portal, to left for dead, to Alyx. Along with their huge leaps in technology (steam deck + valve index). And yet they make so few of all of these. It's like they have the gift of gods at making incredible products, and yet only make so few....

Quick shout-out to the producer/editor who actually understands the target audience, and didn't feel the need to do the over-dramatic zoom-ins on each button/icon/etc as it was discussed

Steam deck is doing amazing things for the Linux gaming community.

"After all, it's your deck" I never really cared about Valve, then the steam deck happened and I was excited, it runs Linux and I start liking Valve, now, Valve is one of if not my favourite company

Am I the only one just so pleased to have a company for once talking to me as if I'm an adult? "Here's the device. This is what it can do. We've thoroughly tested a specific user experience with it, and advise you stick to the things we've tested. But you can do whatever you like, and we won't try to stop you, our hardware and software is totally open, you can modify and play with things as much as you like. Here is what the device can do, here is what it can't." *slaps desk* THANKYOU!

I love how honest you’re being, keep being good guy!

I hope this launches soon on the PC side as well so I can see all the games I can play when I get mine next year. I don't want to get it and find out that half my games don't work with it. Like a lot of people I have a rather absurd amount of games thanks to sales. I want this info now!

I can’t wait to stay up all night just playing with my Deck

I love this device, I just hope it's available when it's launched.

It's not the size of the deck that matters... It's how you use it or play with it. 🕹️

I like that they’re being upfront about the products limits and are placing systems to help players decide. Thats already far better than 99% of the industry who would rather have the customer purchase first before they ask questions.

Please Valve: It could be great to have this feature on the "regular" version on steam running on PC/OSX/LINUX. Knowing that none or all of your games already in your library/wishlist run on Deck is a big deal.

Damn it feels weird hearing "after all it's your deck" when most console manufacturers might void you warranty even if you want to clean it in a non official shop

Keep working on it so it offers a great portable gaming experience for everyone.