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[News] Here’s the first proof a refreshed Steam Deck is nigh - The Verge
Submitted 1 year ago by Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz to steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/5/23904795/steam-deck-1030-fcc-certification-6ghz-wifi
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ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 1 year ago
FARTYSHARTBLAST@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I am more than happy with my current Steam Deck but…
…fukken sold!
Lenny@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
Just announce the next VR already, please 😭
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Valve has two different products coming up, I think we’re getting both a Deck refresh and a new VR headset. Possibly announced together.
Lenny@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
I hope so. I was looking to get an Index but then saw rumors online about a new one version, so I figured I’d wait a little longer for the new tech. That was two years ago 💀
MJBrune@beehaw.org 1 year ago
A VR deck perhaps?
FARTYSHARTBLAST@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Seems crazy early for a refresh…
KidsTryThisAtHome@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Is your username a Slartybartfast reference?
FARTYSHARTBLAST@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Why yes it is! Douglas Adams was a wonderful writer.
euphoric_cat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
[deleted]FARTYSHARTBLAST@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Or it’s literally just a different radio chipset lol
spiderkle@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Valve just recently announced they weren’t planning a refresh “any time soon” but that doesn’t mean they are ignorant about Nintendo apparently trying to close the gap with a new switch, that’s supposed to be at least as powerful a PS5/XBS. Competition is good for the consumer.
BolexForSoup@kbin.social 1 year ago
that’s supposed to be at least as powerful a PS5/XBS.
Source? There's no way nintendo is doing this.
Ketchup@reddthat.com 1 year ago
I want to believe. Will huffing paint help?
Alto@kbin.social 1 year ago
Didn't it tuen out that it was literally just the same architecture? Doesn't really mean shit
theragu40@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I highly doubt Nintendo is attempting any kind of gap closure with the deck, because how could they and why?
The only thing they share is a form factor. Nintendo is well aware that the reason they sell consoles is as a dedicated platform for their own games. I truly believe that is their bread and butter and all they really care about. If the system gets popular enough, then it will get some third party support which means it will have some very limited library crossover with PC/PS/Xbox, but I think we are past the point where Nintendo intends to rely on that as a selling point for this or any future generation of consoles.
Which is all to say, I don’t think Nintendo and Valve think of each other as direct competitors, because they serve entirely different markets. I have both a switch and a deck. I love them both. I use my switch to play Nintendo games, I use my deck to play pretty much anything else. I don’t think I’m unique at all in that regard, and frankly it never would occur to me that these devices have anything to do with one another.
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
They said they’re not releasing a more powerful deck, and we already know from leaks that the upcoming valve hardware has the same motherboard.
This doesn’t rule out other changes, like a new screen, different form factor, etc.
Lord_Wunderfrog@lemmy.fmhy.net 1 year ago
My money’s on a new Index. Possibly with onboard graphics like the Quest
twistypencil@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I don’t want oled, I don’t want 4k. I would like better wifi, lighter, and better graphics capabilities. I can feel the blood returning to my hands when I set the deck down.
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Better wifi is basically confirmed, the certification is for a better wifi chip. The APU is the same, so same power, but maybe it could be smaller and lighter.
That said, I think how hard you grip the deck has a bigger impact on your hand circulation. I used to have issues with my hands getting numb, but I was holding the deck too tightly. After adjusting my grip I don’t have issues anymore and find it very comfy.
deafboy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I don’t really mind the weight. It’s the shape that I can’t stand. Whereas the steam controller is shaped like /0’0\ the deck is shaped like \°| |°/ . Keeping the wrists in such a sharp angle can’t be healthy.
ultrasquid@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
If its slightly smaller and has an OLED screen, then it’ll be great. Those are really the only things the current Steam Deck needs.
dom@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
I’d buy an oled version hands down. Whether smaller or not.
Privatepower42@fosstodon.org 1 year ago
@dom @ultrasquid that’s what she said.
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
It probably could have an OLED screen if the screen was only 5-6". It’s easy to get left over OLED screens from phone production in that screen size.
eltimablo@kbin.social 1 year ago
Phone screens aren't 16:9 anymore though, so they'd probably end up having to cut down a really big phone screen (like 9" or so) or just make it custom.
Privatepower42@fosstodon.org 1 year ago
@ultrasquid @Fubarberry refresh refresh refresh.
DepressedCoconut@lemmy.world 1 year ago
They are still not selling in Norway. So then I simply dont care.
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
I’d really like to see the deck more internationally available, Valve’s limited experience as a hardware vendor really shows when it comes to the limited availability of the deck.
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 1 year ago
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The mystery “Valve 1030” that went through South Korea’s National Radio Research Agency has now been definitively identified as a Steam Deck, and it’s our first proof the hardware’s potentially close enough to release to justify showing it to regulators.
Quectel filed for a Class II Permission Change to simply allow its certified Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth chip, the FC66E, to retroactively work in a new Steam Deck, too.
It’s a clever technique — as you can see in the document above, Valve’s supplier is able to argue that the new Steam Deck has a weaker antenna, so its radio emissions don’t need to be retested.
Valve can hide whatever new features it likes behind the Wi-Fi chip certification because these agencies only tend to regulate radio emissions, not other specs.
I have to admit it could simply be an existing Steam Deck with a refreshed radio chip if its previous supplier, Realtek, ran out.
Lynch continues to find code snippets that suggest a wireless PC VR headset is also on the way — I wouldn’t be surprised if Valve announces both items simultaneously.
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Car@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
I hope they revise the daughterboards to reinforce the bumper switches
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Yeah, I haven’t had an issue with this but it sounds scary. The case I use (Spiggan) does have a part of the case that sticks above the bumpers, so I’m hoping that will protect me if I drop it.
CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Gonna laugh hard if this is valve just sourcing wireless chips from a different vendor and tracking under a new sku
Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 1 year ago
That’s basically all this is, same as they did for other components like fans and SSDs already.
The new wifi chip might be faster or support more recent standards, but that’s hardly worth even calling it a product refresh.
peter@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Evidence for: new WiFi chip Evidence against: valve literally said they weren’t going to do it
Conclusion: steam deck 2!!!1!!
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
We know Valve has two upcoming devices using the Steam Deck APU with different internal code names, so probably a revised deck and a VR device.