The Steam Deck 2 might be significantly faster than its predecessor.
I wonder how many times we’ll get this “news” headline again.
They’ve been saying that from the beginning, there’s no news here.
And besides, everyone that’s familiar with Valve hardware knows they release upgrades… basically never.
The Steam Deck is still pretty capable for 2024, likely even through 2025. I think this is the right move. There are very few games that struggle with performance currently on it.
Who in the world thought they would? They already said SD 2 wouldn’t happen until it would be a significant upgrade. The OLED version was certainly an upgrade, but to expect them to do small iterations every year is absurd. It’s not a cell phone, y’all. Just get one and enjoy it like a console instead of expecting bs “upgrades” every year like Samsung or Apple.
I just wish phones were like this.
You mean you don’t want to waste a thousand dollars and more in pointless upgrades and accessories every year? Impossible!
Luckily you actually don’t have to do that.
Android devices are finally claiming to give as many years of OS updates as iPhones have so times are a-changing
Finally. As much as iPhones as got meme’d as “so expensive,” my budget spend was buying a few year-old iPhone renewed and riding it until it died or stopped getting security updates. Like, my 11 has at least a few more years still to go?
Android devices, in theory, could have the potential for even more savings due to their second hand market value falling off a cliff a few months after launch, but I don’t if the decline is due to hype dying or people considering support windows.
They don’t exactly have the financial incentives to release a device every year, so…
Not sure why you’re downvoted, but I think you’re close to at least partial reason. Having one device last a few years makes it easier to replace under warranty, if what you’re truly trying to do is provide superior customer service over competition (they probably have lost of spare parts, as it makes sense to order bulk and of extras, unless you’re super greedy company who has no faith in its product).
And as I assume you’re suggesting, they’re going to make their money on the games that people buy to play on that device, so why waste effort on making miniscule improvements that may end up hurting your brand and labelling you a money grabber.
Don’t get me wrong, Valve know how to make lots of money, but I bet they’re smart enough to try and do it in a “sustainable” way from their perspective.
Yeah, this is also the whole point of a console from hardware and developer viewpoint - stability and standardisation. Everyone has the same device so you know of it works on the Steam Deck, it works on all of them. You also have a standard product to manufacture and the costs go down with scale.
Storage space and screen upgrades aren’t so important as GPU, and CPU plus RAM. Once those change you have fragmentation int be market and basically 2 consoles.
It makes 100% for valve to not release a new device until there is a generational leap. Otherwise all they do is fragment and damage the existing steam deck ecosystem.
The exception here for gamers, is that it’s an open platform in the sense it’s Proton running on Linux. So you could do the same on more powerful competitor hardware if you wanted, but you’d not have support or a guarantee it’d work.
I have a mini PC plugged into my TV running linux - it’s essentially just a souped up permanently docked deck. There are also plenty of hand held devices that can be flashed with Linux and bound to be more in the future.