Gabe Newell thinks the Steam Deck will be as successful as the iPhone

Gabe Newell is very confident with the success of the Steam Deck.

Announced in July 2021, the Steam Deck was released in early 2022. The design of the system is often compared to the Nintendo Switch, with both handheld consoles having a large central screen. surrounded by control buttons. To support PC gaming, Valve designed the Steam Deck to be played with a mouse and keyboard.

In an interview with news site IGN when the Steam Deck officially went on sale, Valve CEO Gabe Newell recently said that the Steam Deck will have a similar impact on the gaming industry as the iPhone. affected the smartphone market. The CEO said that sales of his handheld console got off to a strong start and it was much higher than expected.

When it comes to the origins of the Steam Deck, Gabe has said that he’s been looking for such things since the early days of game development. “I think every gamer has wanted this for a long time, right? I mean, projects that have tried to do this since the 1990s.”

The most interesting part of the interview was Gabe Newell’s concern about the future success of the Steam Deck. The CEO thinks the Steam Deck will become the next iPhone. “Before and after the iPhone, that’s the point of transition,” he notes. Right now, we’ve reached the point of great success in being able to give you a multi-tasking mobile gaming device for PC gamers.”

Steam Deck was officially sold worldwide on February 25, 2022 and it immediately received many good reviews from the gaming community. In fact, the handheld console has been so well received that Valve is clearly planning a more powerful version. Newell clearly has such faith in his creation that he was even spotted personally delivering the Steam Deck in Seattle.