Although the initial hype over the upcomingSteam Deckhand-held PC from Valve has died down to some extent, many are still excited about what the device will be able to do and how it will make an impact on the world of portable gaming. Even though theSteam Deck has been delayed a little bit, it hasn’t stopped the company from promoting its new hardware as consumers wait in the wing to get hold of one of their own. Now some additional information has been made available which discusses how quickly the device will resume suspended games.
According to a recent report, which cites a forum post by one Peter “Durante” Thoman who runs a company that specializes in PC ports, theSteam Deckwill be able to resume games quickly, taking “literally a second or two,” according to the post. Details state that this has been increased since the last system update, making it a lot faster than in previous iterations of the machine.
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On top of that, Durante talks about how ports run a lot better onProton which is the Linux-based operating system used for the Deck, adding that the likes ofValkria Chronicles 4runs “perfectly” even at 150% super sampling. In general, the takeaway from the response in the thread suggests that Valve’s new hardware will have a quick response time when it comes to the suspend/resume function.
Suspending and resuming games is something that has been around for a few years now, allowing players to quickly resume what they’ve been playing that was, as the name suggests, suspended in the background.Suspend and resume is featured in consoles such as the Xbox Series X, in which users can put games into standby while they organize their downloads. According to Xbox’s Engineering Lead Eden Marie, downloads are faster when games are in suspend mode.
In terms of the Steam Deck, it’s certainly a neat addition to the system, perhaps working in a similar way to the Alt+Tab function on a regular Windows PC. WithValve recently showing the Deck’s final packaging, it seems as though the company is almost ready to start shipping them out, despite the delay. While pushing back the date a little has been put down to the ongoing shortages in the tech world, it’s safe to say that the hand-held PC is shaping up to be a potentially worthy addition to the mobile gaming market, at least according to developers who have been testing it.
