Valve confirms that the Steam Deck will not have any exclusives.
On a new FAQ page about the highly-anticipated handheld, a question addresses whether or not Valve will make exclusive games on the platform. The developer’s answer did not beat around the bush.
“No, that doesn’t make much sense to us,” Valve said on the FAQ. “It’s a PC and it should just play games like a PC.”
That answer isn’t surprising, given Valve’s history. Despite developing and owning Steam OS for years, the studio has a pretty storied history of ensuring its games run on Windows, Mac OS X, and even certain Linux distributions. Steam itself likely wouldn’t be the titan it is now without Valve being somewhat open about what’s on the platform as well.
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— Steam Deck (@OnDeck) October 14, 2021
If exclusivity is the only thing that would lead to another Half-Life sequel, I might be all for it. Sadly, there’s likely no mainline series entry in development.
Hype for the Steam Deck hasn’t slowed down much, even with Valve, unfortunately, delaying the device until next year due to supply chain issues. Nintendo is going through something similar with the Switch, as is Sony with the PS5.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
