Steam Deck Consoles Are Apparently Being Hand-Delivered By Gabe Newell
Valve president Gabe Newell is apparently going door-to-door to personally deliver Steam Deck consoles to players — even those that haven’t actually ordered the new handheld. Valve’s portable answer to the Nintendo Switch finally launched late last week after being delayed from its planned 2021 release, and reviews for the Steam Deck have been positive overall thanks to its ability to play high-caliber PC titles like The Witcher 3 and Elden Ring on the go.
Valve has built a considerable wave of hype for the Steam Deck in the build-up to its launch, and one of the key voices in that push has naturally been Valve's president Gabe Newell. In addition to praising the Steam Deck's portability, Newell has shared many interesting details about his company's plans for its new handheld system, such as the Steam Deck supporting existing subscription services like Xbox Game Pass instead of creating its own and how there might already be a Steam Deck 2 planned for the future. In the meantime, it seems that Valve's head honcho is more involved with the Steam Deck’s marketing and distribution than anyone could have guessed.
Related: Steam Deck Has No Subscription Service Plans Yet
According to VGC, Reddit users are sharing stories of how Gabe Newell arrived at their doorstep to hand-deliver Steam Deck consoles to them. bitfiddler0 notes that they received a “spammy looking email” notifying them that the Steam Deck they ordered would be arriving early. A few days later, their wife was surprised by a delivery person asking about bitfiddler0 in the company of a camera crew. Bitfiddler0 would later find out that this delivery person was Gabe Newell himself, and they describe him as “a super cool and down to earth guy” who simply told
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