Valve’s Steam Deck dock is available for reservation if you’re fast enough
The official dock is finally up for grabs, but you better be quick.
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What you need to know
Valve opened its reservation system for theSteam Deck official dockaccessory today, setting the price at $89. Designed to connect the handheld console to a TV or monitor, it doubles as a charging stand, much like the Nintendo Switch. Featuring USB-C, DisplayPort, HDMI, and Gigabit Ethernet ports, the dock comes packaged with its own 1.5m AC power supply.
Although Valve plans to update its firmware in the future remotely, it’s merely offering the chance to play your games on the big screen without draining battery life. The dock isn’t intended to affect the Steam Deck’s performance, so the extra power won’t make your games run any faster, so these updates will likely relate to charging efficiency instead.
As with theSteam Decklaunch, traffic has flooded the store page, and many see an endless loading screen. If you’ve been waiting to grab one of these official docks, you’ll likely have to be quick. Production on the Steam Deck console has been ramped up at Valve HQ in recent weeks, so hopefully, the same trend will carry over to the dock.
If it looks like you missed your chance, check out some of thebest Steam Deck accessoriesin the meantime. Third-party docks are available, but some have been unfortunately sidetracked due to manufacturing issues, likedbrand’s Killswitchsuffering a ‘million-dollar’ mistake.
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