Valve will bring SteamOS, the Steam Deck software, to third-party portable consoles

Valve will work to bring Steam OSoperating system Steam deckTo third party portable consoles. That’s clear from an update the company has made to its brand guidelines to include new names and guidelines for use in third-party products.

Data has been discovered insider Brad Lynch, who via X (Twitter) shared a link to an official document signed by Gabe Newell. Among the brand’s new guidelines is one that states: Runs on SteamOSintended for devices that have Valve software installed and use it as their primary operating system.

The material specifies how the logo and identification of the hardware running SteamOS should be included in the hardware box. Also included is the following guide:

“Logo Runs on SteamOS indicates that the hardware device will run SteamOS and boot into SteamOS when powered on. Partners or manufacturers will supply hardware with a Steam image in a format provided by or developed in close collaboration with Valve. “No physical changes should be made to the logo or combined with other brand elements.”

While Valve has yet to officially confirm that it will officially support SteamOS on Steam Deck competitors, updated brand guidelines they hint that it could be like this. If the strategy is confirmed, it will be a significant change for the growing handheld console segment.

SteamOS could soon be coming to third-party portable consoles

If Valve’s intention to begin offering SteamOS to other portable console manufacturers is approved, could be very bad news for Microsoft. Let us remind you that, with the exception of the Steam Deck, almost all other devices of this type available on the market run Windows 11.

The problem is that the said software not optimized for the platformAnd launchers and the improvements that manufacturers are implementing don’t even come close to matching the experience that SteamOS offers. Additionally, there are signs that Valve is looking to bring its software to more devices in this segment.

In August, for example, it became known that the company had added support for additional ASUS ROG Ally buttons to the beta version of SteamOS. When the data was made public, Valve admitted that it was working on official compatibility of the OS with equipment from other manufacturers.

It was initially stated that the goal was to give players the option to install this software on their laptops if they did not want to continue using Windows 11. But given what has been revealed over the past few hours, everything points to the fact that Coming soon stay up to date with device news it will come with SteamOS installed out of the box.

At the beginning of this year we were excited about this opportunity, after Ayaneo will announce that NextLite I would use SteamOS. Thus, it promised to become a serious competitor to the Steam Deck; However, it was later revealed that this was a hoax as the operating system was fake. fork This is Valve, not an official copy. After backlash, the company backed down and decided to equip the console with Windows 11.