How many Decks would a Steam Deck dock dock if a Steam Deck dock may dock Decks? One, clearly – that is how docks work. You cannot purchase one but for Valve’s PC gaming handheld, however they’re on the way in which, and Valve have had them on show for the primary time throughout this week’s Tokyo Game Show.

The dock does what you’ll count on it to. It retains the Steam Deck upright whereas related, and it has ports on the again for charging the machine, connecting to the web, and hooking as much as exterior shows. Reddit person ElderberryLarge9104 shared a photograph of the ports on the again of the dock (embedded proper) and wrote that “each unit they’d on show was on a dock” on the Tokyo Game Show.

This is important partly as a result of the docks stay unavailable to purchase. Valve introduced them concurrently the Steam Deck, although mentioned they’d be offered seprarately and accessible in “late spring”, just a few months after the Steam Deck’s personal launch. Valve then delayed them additional in June, “attributable to elements shortages and COVID closures at our manufacturing services.”

Docks apart, Valve’s sales space at TGS is usually spectacular. James is in love with it, from the “towering scale mannequin to the weirdly spectacular magnificence of its logistics.” We’ll have personal stand of Steam Decks at EGX London subsequent week which is able to pale compared, however it can have 40 Steam Decks to strive. (Or you’ll be able to come strive our assortment of alt controller video games as an alternative.)