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Summary: Valve can really sneak up on you. Just out of nowhere announce a new device. And more so, a device weâll see this year. Usually for console reveals or announcements, youâll get a headâs up that something is coming or something will leak or youâll get some sort of vague hints that lead to major speculation and even more disappointment. Not with Valve. Surprise, hereâs a handheld PC!! Itâs a thing you didnât expect because itâs something that wasnât on anyoneâs radar. And yeah, the thing looks like a Switch. Okay, it REALLY looks like a Switch, but I donât think thatâs the competition. I donât think Valve looked at the other consoles out there and picked one to try and compete with. They just noticed something missing and made something to fill it. Theyâve done it before in the past and the results…arenât the greatest. About the only thing that survived from their previous product launches was the controller. And thatâs a stretch, I think, to say it survived. And this isnât to say what they made was garbage, it just didnât grab on to the public enough to last – or even get updated. I want the Steam Deck to work. I want it to thrive and succeed and be amazing. And then I want a second version down the line that works even better. And a third. And fourth. And then get some competition with other models. Weâll have to wait until later in the year though to get an idea of how this might play out. But Iâm hopeful. In the meantime, Ubisoft, itâs been 2,888 days since the last Splinter Cell release (non-animated series or guest spot in another game franchise or VR exclusive).