Valve Reveals Steam Deck Final Packaging - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 February 2022 / 3,776 Views
Valve in an update posted on Steam has revealed the final packaging for the Steam Deck.
"We’ve recently completed our DV (Design Validation) manufacturing build of Steam Deck, and we'll be using these units for additional testing and developer kits," reads the update from Valve. "DV is the final prototype build before production, and it includes improvements from the EV2 build. After this build, there will be additional minor changes in the final product.
"One of the main differences between these units and the previous (EV2) prototypes is that we are now testing our packaging design. So before we start sending these out to developers, we wanted to give you a sneak peek of the final packaging that customers will see in February."
Valve's Steam Deck was originally set to launch this month, however, it was delayed to February 2022 due to the global supply chain shortages.
Check out images of the packaging below:
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Don't go much on the black case looks pretty generic . but that cardboard box looked top grade so I would ditch the black case and pop the steam deck inside the cardboard box but with one change I would write Gucci on it in crayon and price it for 8K .?
I was expecting the box to be a lot bigger, but I'm even more surprised the thing comes with it's own carry case (considering the vast majority of Ninty handhelds didn't come with their own carry cases).
Pretty great looking case. I wonder what the exclusive case for the 512gb model will look like. Which is what I preordered :)
Now watch as most can't get their hands on one of these damn things.
By the time they can, Switch 2 will almost be out :)
Perhaps, we shall see...
This IS the most beautiful cardboard box ive seen!!!
Damn, do not see a 3 anywhere.
Very plain packaging, but at the end of the day it's just a box. It's not going to be sold at retail (afaik?) so it doesn't need flashy packaging to attract eyes.
Nice that it comes with a case. I guess it makes sense as because they are shipping it in a case they don't need all the polystyrene, bubblewrap to protect it. So including a case means smaller box.
Not much bigger than my Switch with Hori-controllers: https://imgur.com/a/IIT6zAh
