Steam Deck hits retail TODAY – what this means for the gaming world: Steam Deck News № 76

The biggest set of Steam Deck updates in months just arrived with massive changes to the stable branch! Plus, EmulationStation DE gets a big upgrade. And is the Steam Deck coming to a retailer near you? Let’s talk about it.

Steam Deck on sale: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/decktop100
Steam Deck at retail: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/03/steam-deck-hitting-retail-in-hong-kong-taiwan-and-later-japan-and-south-korea/
EmulationStation DE 2.0: https://gitlab.com/es-de/emulationstation-de/-/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#version-200
ViewSink: https://viewsink.com/rip-your-blu-rays-to-steam-deck/
RockPaperShotgun interview: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-community-continues-to-blow-our-minds-valve-talk-the-steam-deck-one-year-on
Steam Deck OS stable update: https://steamcommunity.com/games/1675200/announcements/detail/3675538825744699880
MASSIVE Steam Deck client update: https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/1675200/announcements/detail/3716071853478720784
PC Gamer interview with Pierre-Loup: https://www.pcgamer.com/steamos-35-is-almost-here-includes-a-fix-for-the-steam-decks-sneakiest-performance-bug/

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00:00 – Intro
01:06 – Steam Deck is on Sale
01:42 – Steam Deck at Retail in Hong Kong and Taiwan
02:56 – Emulation Station Desktop Edition v2.0
04:30 – What’s new on ViewSink
05:25 – Steam Deck 2
07:20 – Steam Deck OS Ray Tracing is now Stable
08:59 – Steam Deck OS 3.5 is imminent

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