Since Valve released the Steam Deck in 2022, nearly every major hardware manufacturer in the PC space has dropped its version of the powerful device. After all, players obviously love the idea of taking their PC on the go in a handheld form with the Steam Deck selling a ludicrous number of consoles. Players have seen developers like Ayaneo, Lenovo, and ASUS ROG get in on the craze and now yet another massive PC company is joining them. MSI has announced that it will be debuting "a whole new breed of MSI dragon" later this year. While they only give us a look at the device's silhouette and a few close-ups, it's clear that this MSI product is a new Steam Deck competitor.

MSI Steam Deck Competitor Announcement

A whole new breed of MSI dragon is coming.
Get a grip and stay tuned.#MSIxCES2024 #RGB #Gaming pic.twitter.com/W9mp2cDo9w

— MSI Gaming (@msigaming) January 4, 2024

As mentioned, MSI doesn't come out and say it's making a device to compete with Steam Deck, but it's impossible to think it's anything else. The short teaser on Twitter shows a silhouette of a console with two RGB circles surrounding what can only be the handheld's thumbsticks. The teaser also shows off what looks like a well-ventilated console. Of course, you want good ventilation on any gaming device, but it's essential for handhelds trying to bring a PC's power into your hands. Fortunately, we don't have to wait much longer to find exactly what MSI is cooking up.

At the end of the teaser, MSI reveals that the device is going to debut at CES 2024. This year's Consumer Electronics Show takes place from January 9 to 14 in Las Vegas, Nevada. That means we'll get all the details about what MSI is building next week. It seems unlikely that the manufacturer will stealth-drop the handheld during the show, but it wouldn't be totally out of the realm of possibility. Most likely, we'll get a rundown of the new product's specs and hopefully a reveal of the price point and release date.

Posted: Jan 08, 2024 11:03 pm
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Source: https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/new-steam-deck-competitor-teased-msi-pc/