Valve Explains Why It Wanted to Bring the Steam Deck to Japan

Valve recently discussed some of the reasons why it released the Steam Deck in Japan, with a representative referring to the country as the birthplace of handheld gaming. With so many games compatible with Steam Deck and the ability to customize the system, gamers all over the world have been reserving theirs in the hopes of getting one before the end of the year. Despite the company's past hardware endeavors proving to be less fruitful, it seems as though the Half-Life and Portal developer hit upon a winning formula.