Tencent May Have Its Own Steam Deck Competitor
Tencent seems to have a PC gaming handheld all of its own, according to some recent discussion on the Steam Deck subreddit. One of the users posted a few production renders and/or mockups of the so-called «Tencent PC Console,» as well as what looks to be a patent for the device with some tentative specs referenced in the document.
Though there's been no official confirmation of any hardware projects coming from Tencent for some time now, it's entirely possible that the company is already looking into producing a device to compete with Valve's own Steam Deck. This has been one of the things that Valve had been hoping to nudge other major companies into doing, so as to establish the PC handheld market to a greater degree.
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Being one of the major investors in the Epic Games Store, Tencent may well have a marked interest and motivation in coming up with its own PC gaming handheld, now that Valve is clearing the path with the first mainstream low-priced device in this category. As the Epic Games Store has almost 200 million users, there's a chance that Epic and Tencent could be looking into ways to deliver Fortnite and other Epic Games Store exclusives to users that want a dedicated portable gaming device. After all, Fortnite won't work on the Steam Deck due to its anti-cheat software.
Curiously, the mockup of the device has a dedicated «Windows» button on the left side of the device. This could mean that — if the «PC Console» ever comes to fruition — it would likely run a version of Windows in the first place. This would, indeed, be the easiest way for Tencent and Epic Games to sidestep the problems with getting Fortnite to run on SteamOS 3.0.
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