If you're wondering if Valve might consider having exclusive games for its incoming Steam Deck handheld, the answer is no.
The clarification comes from Valve's usual Steam Deck questions for game developers, in the summary section at the end, where one question is: "Would Valve be interested in having Steam Deck exclusive titles?"
The answer is simple: “No, that doesn't make much sense to us. It is a computer and should play games like a computer.
What's interesting here is this FAQ nugget of information seen in light of what we've been hearing from gossip (particularly YouTuber Tyler McVicker) about Valve making a half-based co-op game. The life called "Citadel" developed to showcase the Steam Deck - which may have made people think of some sort of "exclusive" for the handheld.
Analysis: Paranoia around the next Half-Life release?
The message, then, for PC gamers in general, is not to worry that the next release in the Half-Life franchise may be limited to Steam Deck owners. Of course, that's never realistically going to happen - there's no way that Valve is in any danger of upsetting traditional desktop gamers or blurring the idea that the Steam Deck is an end-to-end PC, as it is. Notice in the FAQ statement. But perhaps after the creation of Half-Life: Alyx for virtual reality, certain people are a bit obsessed.
If the aforementioned Citadel (apparently a shooter and RTS hybrid) is real, it's going to be for mouse and keyboard pc gamers, much like the Steam Deck, though it can still be built to take advantage of Pocket PC abilities. like gyro controls. As Valve points out in another FAQ, the gyroscope offers "finer precision for people accustomed to gamepad inputs, but also taking the desktop mouse paradigm into a portable form factor."
Additionally, regarding McVicker's Citadel rumor, Valve told Computer Gamer: “We think it's essential to repeat that, while Tyler is an avid gamer, he has no inside information on what's going on. Any essential announcement about projects that we are or are not working on will come directly from us.
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