Kuthiwa iValve ilungiselela ukungena kwimakethi yehardware kwakhona, ngeli xesha ngePC entsha yokudlala ephathwayo ethi “Tshintsho-efana” enokuthi iqalise ukuphela konyaka.
Ngokwe a ingxelo nguArs Technica, eyandisa ekufumaneni okutsha nje kwekhowudi entsha ehambelana ne-hardware - ebhekisela kwisixhobo esingaqondakaliyo esibizwa ngokuba yi "SteamPal" - kwinguqulo yakamuva yeSteam. Icaphula "imithombo emininzi eqheleneyo nalo mbandela", iArs Technica ibango esi sixhobo (esigama laso lokugqibela lingangqinwanga) yiPC entsha yokudlala ephuhliswe kwiValve enento yokulawula i-gamepad kunye nescreen sokuchukumisa ngendlela efanayo neNintendo's. Tshintshela, nangona ngaphandle kwabalawuli abanokususwa.
I-SteamPal, okanye nantoni na ephela ibizwa ngokuba (ngokucacileyo, ukungayibizi ngokuba yiGabe Boy iya kuba lithuba elilahlekileyo), kuxelwe ukuba yenzelwe ukuqhuba inani elikhulu lemidlalo kwiqonga le-Steam PC ngeLinux, kwaye “ingabamba” ukuya. imonitha nge-USB Type-C port yayo.
