[WilliamP78249]

I'm glad we are seeing people with their own take on this, this is something that Valve said they hoped to have hardware vendors embrace because the Deck really is supposed to be an "open platform ecosystem" instead of closed / wallgardened consoles like XBOX, Playstation, and Switch. Hats off to the developer and I hope we see more like this from commercial vendors as well.

[jorams]

This post is about the Elgato Stream Deck, not the Valve Steam Deck.

[WilliamP78249]

Oh, well that's terrible naming then. I totally thought this was a PC gaming console. I wonder if Valve is going to try to fight a trademark in court because it's so similar.

This guy better be careful otherwise he could be stuck with huge legal fees depending how popular this gets. Seems early enough in product development that he could change it without problem.

[crymer11]

The Valve Steam Deck was announced on July 15, 2021 and isn’t even released yet. The Elgato Stream Deck has been for sale since mid 2017.

I don’t think Elgato, the manufacturer of the Stream Deck, or this guy, who wrote code to integrate with it, have anything to worry about.

[WilliamP78249]

It doesn't matter who had it first. I don't think Elgato has the deep bottomless pockets that Valve has. They both wouldn't stand a chance in court for years of litigation. I'm not saying it's fair but that's just the way it is in the US court system.

[drewzero1]

Terrible naming indeed. Valve should have thought about that before naming their new product... but they probably did, and decided they were the bigger fish.

[crtasm]

The photos in the post show quite clearly what this is.

[kamiheku]

This is not a new product. It's the author's configuration for an existing product, the Elgato Stream Deck.