we’ll soon see I think, Valve has said they want this to be more of a traditional console-style lifespan, and they’ve also said they don’t see a reason to release a Steam Deck 2 unless they can get a significant performance bump, as of right now having a hardware target for devs to aim/optimize for is a really good benefit
plus if the devs optimize a game for Steam Deck those optimizations help for other handheld gaming PCs even if they’re more powerful than the Deck
I’m super excited about a potential Steam Deck 2, I would love to see a better screen (quality, not so much resolution, maybe OLED) as well as a better battery life, and, of course, a more powerful APU… I wonder what the possibility of porting Proton to ARM is and switching to an ARM/Chiplet style CPU for the Deck 2
I’m happy to use my steam deck for the next few years but if they released a new steam deck in say 4 years and it had significantly better performance (like at least 900p 60fps in modern to the time games) I wouldn’t even have to think about purchasing it I just would.
Me neither. I’d get the new one right away. And it’s a PC so I can retire my Steam Deck to use to do for other things by then. It’s a really great machine.
Depends on your use case. If you’re playing older titles and emulating it will never be “too old” but AAA games are already tough for it to run in a lot of cases.
See you in 2026 lol
I’ll be surprised if it’s that soon. Most consoles have 6-7 year life cycles.
Is the steam deck really comparable to a traditional console?
we’ll soon see I think, Valve has said they want this to be more of a traditional console-style lifespan, and they’ve also said they don’t see a reason to release a Steam Deck 2 unless they can get a significant performance bump, as of right now having a hardware target for devs to aim/optimize for is a really good benefit
plus if the devs optimize a game for Steam Deck those optimizations help for other handheld gaming PCs even if they’re more powerful than the Deck
I’m super excited about a potential Steam Deck 2, I would love to see a better screen (quality, not so much resolution, maybe OLED) as well as a better battery life, and, of course, a more powerful APU… I wonder what the possibility of porting Proton to ARM is and switching to an ARM/Chiplet style CPU for the Deck 2
I’m happy to use my steam deck for the next few years but if they released a new steam deck in say 4 years and it had significantly better performance (like at least 900p 60fps in modern to the time games) I wouldn’t even have to think about purchasing it I just would.
Me neither. I’d get the new one right away. And it’s a PC so I can retire my Steam Deck to use to do for other things by then. It’s a really great machine.
Depends on your use case. If you’re playing older titles and emulating it will never be “too old” but AAA games are already tough for it to run in a lot of cases.