The Game Awards Is Only Giving Away 100 Steam Decks This Year

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During The Game Awards last year, you may recall that Valve decided to give some viewers an early Christmas present by dishing out a number of Steam Decks for completely free. Not only that, but the company gave away a Steam Deck for every minute The Game Awards ran, even if the timing of the show went over the usual three and a half hours that Geoff Keighley reserves for the occasion. Valve is doing the same this year, but with one significant catch.

Instead of giving away a Steam Deck every minute, Valve will now only be giving away 100 Steam Deck OLEDs, limiting the number of freebies dished out during The Game Awards 2023. This was announced by The Game Awards host Geoff Keighley via his official Twitter account earlier today, and many fans of the show made the same joke in the replies.

While no official reason has been given for Valve's decision to limit the number of free Steam Decks this year, a lot of people think it has to do something with Kratos actor Christopher Judge, who won the award for Best Performance during last year's show. Judge definitely savored the moment, staying on stage for an unusually long time - despite being told to leave multiple times - for a whopping 7 minutes and 59 seconds.

Judge currently holds the world record for the longest acceptance speech at an awards show, beating Greer Garson's infamous Oscar speech after being named Best Actress in 1942.

Having promised to give out a Steam Deck for every minute of the show, Valve probably wasn't best pleased about Judge staying on stage for five or six minutes longer than she should have done. His speech forced the show to run longer, meaning Valve gave away a handful of Steam Decks that it wasn't expecting to. He was firmly celebrated by