{"id":1743,"date":"2023-05-07T06:48:41","date_gmt":"2023-05-07T11:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itparadise.net\/2021\/05\/07\/watch-valves-gabe-newell-explain-why-the-steam-deck-exists\/"},"modified":"2023-02-19T01:39:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T06:39:28","slug":"watch-valves-gabe-newell-explain-why-the-steam-deck-exists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itparadise.net\/?p=1743","title":{"rendered":"Watch Valve\u2019s Gabe Newell explain why the Steam Deck exists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"aQzIhN\">Valve president Gabe Newell has given a rare interview to <em>IGN<\/em>, where he talks about why the company\u2019s upcoming Steam Deck handheld exists and the philosophy the company had when designing it. The interview is worth a watch to see Newell and developer Pierre-Loup Griffais discuss the motivation behind creating an \u201copen\u201d device (with Newell mentioning that you could hook up an Oculus Quest to it if you wanted), along with what discussions inside Valve led to the system\u2019s development. <em>IGN<\/em> also has a write-up summarizing the interview if you\u2019d rather read than watch. <\/p>\n<p id=\"mOXzzh\">Newell also discusses the obvious comparison between the Steam Deck and the Nintendo Switch, saying Valve has chosen different trade-offs when creating its portable gaming system. The interview covers more topics, like the future of work at Valve, Newell\u2019s interest in medical research, and how the company is trying to avoid the stock problems that have plagued consoles like the PS5, Xbox Series X, and Switch. Of course, it wouldn\u2019t be an interview with Gabe Newell if he wasn\u2019t asked a question about <em>Half-Life<\/em>, which he answers by saying that \u201c[<em>Half-Life: Alyx<\/em>\u2019s ending] feels like the right progression for where we\u2019re going with <em>Half-Life<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><q>\u201c[Half-Life: Alyx\u2019s ending] feels like the right progression for where we\u2019re going with Half-Life\u201d<\/q><\/aside>\n<p id=\"srBSOh\">For those interested in Valve and the Steam Deck, this interview is well worth a watch. To paraphrase Newell talking about the Steam Deck: you\u2019ll know if it&#8217;s for you pretty quickly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valve president Gabe Newell has given a rare interview to IGN, where he talks&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[79,78,77,81,80],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itparadise.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1743"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itparadise.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itparadise.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itparadise.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itparadise.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1743"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/itparadise.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2010,"href":"https:\/\/itparadise.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1743\/revisions\/2010"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itparadise.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itparadise.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itparadise.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itparadise.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}