After waiting a year, Valve’s Docking Station add-on for Steam Deck is Finally here. This accessory provides additional enhancements to your deck, including additional USB ports, video outputs, and an Ethernet port for wired connectivity. The dock is available now on the Steam store for $89.
Valve’s Dock has actually been in development for quite some time since the Steam Deck’s announcement. However, thanks to the pandemic, supply chain issues delayed or halted production of the Steam Deck Dock for months, which has forced Valve to hold back until now.
The Dock itself features three USB Type A 3.1 Gen 1 (5Gbps) ports, one DisplayPort 1.4 connector, one HDMI 2.0 port, and Gigabit Ethernet. As the name suggests, the Dock holds the Steam Deck upright and has a groove in the front for the console to plug into.
The Dock is a welcome addition for Deck users who want to transform their console into a desktop environment and pair it with an external monitor, keyboard, and mouse. It seems to be the perfect foundation for Unless you like to wait, do some crazy blender rendering on your deck’s low-power Zen 2 APU.
Of course, you can also use the dock as a Nintendo Switch-like dock, or connect your Steam deck to your TV for big screen gaming. Of course, if you don’t want to spend the money on a first-party dock, Steam Deck uses a regular USB Type-C connection. This means any other dock or hub with a USB-C port should work perfectly with Deck. The dock itself should work with other devices that support USB Type-C.
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In even more exciting news, Valve announced that the pre-order queue is gone! All Steam deck orders are now complete. This means you can get your Steam deck now and don’t have to wait in line to get it.
This is the long awaited news from Valve. Steam Deck had a notorious supply problem, especially earlier this year, when orders were expected to wait months for completion.
A few months ago, we heard the news that Valve was starting to fix these supply chain problems in a big way. Now, however, Valve’s Steam Deck production seems to have expanded to the point where queues are no longer necessary. This is despite consumer demand for Valve’s consoles being at an all-time high, according to Valve.
With this, Valve has expanded Steam Deck availability to other countries, including Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, in the form of pre-orders.
