Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Time for a successor, though. Sometimes I think Valve really doesn’t like money. They could make a crapton by bringing out a new Steam Deck and a Steam console.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Time for a successor, though. Sometimes I think Valve really doesn’t like money. They could make a crapton by bringing out a new Steam Deck and a Steam console.
mercano@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s a PC, essentially, so the hardware is always evolving, they could upgrade whenever they choose to. The advantage of any console, the Steam Deck included, is it offers a very consistent set of specs the developers can target for years. If Valve iterates too quickly, then two problems arise: One, there’s one performance goal for devs interested in making a portable game to work towards, there’s many. In addition, the Steam Deck Verified program gets a lot harder to maintain if there are too many flavors of Deck to manage. I think Valve is planing on a lifecycle similar to the major consoles.
The upside is it is all PC hardware, and there are other handheld manufacturers out there, some even running SteamOS, so if you want a higher performance rig before Valve’s ready for the SD2, you can certainly find what you’re looking for.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The steam deck is getting long in the tooth and will increasingly have trouble playing newer titles. In PC gaming, you can’t have console-like product cycles.
Shirasho@lemmings.world 1 day ago
I would argue the Steam Deck was never really meant to target the newest and greatest.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Sure, but at some point it’ll be just too outdated.
TachyonTele@piefed.social 1 day ago
Do you have a steam deck?
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yes.