Epic Games applauds Steam Deck announcement: “Amazing move from Valve!”

Tim Sweeney appreciates that the new portable PC console is an open platform.

Valve surprised us all this week with the Steam Deck announcement . We are talking about its new portable PC console in the style of Nintendo Switch, also capable of connecting to the television, which seeks to offer Steam games anywhere and with solid performance. Of course, Valve does not intend to retain users in its store: Steam Deck will be an open platform , being able to install other operating systems on it and use it as a PC. A fact that has earned praise from Tim Sweeney .

The founder of Epic Games is currently embarking on a crusade against closed platforms and monopolies in the software world, which has left us with high-profile statements over the years, and with a lawsuit between Epic and Apple . In fact, Sweeney has had harsh criticism of Valve in the past, for Steam’s policies and its 30% fee to developers. However, he has no qualms about praising his rival when he does things right .

” An incredible move from Valve! ” This is how Sweeney reacted on social media to the Steam Deck announcement. “A hybrid PC and Console laptop that runs the SteamOS branch of Arch Linux, and is an open platform where users are free to install the software of their choice – including Windows and other stores .”

Obviously, the idea that players can install the Epic Games Store on the Steam Deck and play Fortnite is very attractive to Sweeney, but it is a fact that the founder of Epic has always been a great advocate of open platforms. Steam Deck will be available in December of this year, and pre-orders will open today in the afternoon. In this news we offer you the characteristics and prices of Steam Deck , a console that Gabe Newell hopes to sell millions of units of .