Valve, the company behind the popular gaming platform Steam, has no immediate plans to release a successor to the Steam Deck, its handheld gaming device. Pierre-Lou Griffais, a Valve coder working on the Steam Deck, revealed that the current performance target for the device is expected to remain stable for the next couple of years. According to Griffais, the Steam Deck’s performance level is considered ideal for playing games from the new generation, and recent releases have provided great gaming experiences. Valve is actively collaborating with game developers for future releases and closely monitoring user feedback. The goal is to ensure that every Steam Deck offers a consistent gaming experience, allowing all users to play the same games.
Valve is cautious about changing the performance level of the Steam Deck, as it wants to maintain a balance between power efficiency and battery life. Griffais mentioned that a significant leap in performance is not anticipated in the next couple of years, although Valve is continually monitoring advancements in hardware architectures and fabrication processes. These statements align with Valve’s approach to the Steam Deck, prioritizing stability and a consistent user experience. Lawrence Yang, a Valve designer, also previously stated that a true next-generation Steam Deck with a substantial increase in performance would likely not arrive for a few years.
I’m sure there are people who want them to iteratively improve the Steam Deck but it really is best that it stays consistent so that devs are able to test their games on one Steam Deck and know it should work on all. They should wait until a really significant improvement in power is possible before releasing a successor
Steam Deck hasn’t been out a full two years yet and people already want a next gen Steam Deck, y’all need to chill.
Its good that a successor is on the table, but yeah, the Deck has been out for about a year and a half. Technology hasn’t evolved enough to justify a successor just yet. I would imagine the Deck has another 5 years minimum before being replaced by the next generation Steam Deck. I love my Deck and look forward to the more advanced next build, but even I question why people think it’ll be announced soon.
What does this device have to do with Nintendo?
Was about to write the same question.
What I find funny is the people want the next big Steam Deck already, despite the Steam Deck being only a Year Old… like please understand, it’s not a Smartphone, it’s a Gaming Device first and foremost, AMD Ryzen 8000 is already set to be a massive leap for Mobile Performance but don’t expect that in the next Gaming Systems until 2026.
I think Valve is smart in making the Steam Deck fully customizable with only the Battery being the only part that can’t be switch out (Due to safety concerns) and also giving people the ability to overclock their Steam Decks if they wanted, heck I’ve seen people using the Steam OS to build their own Steam Deck 2 Systems using Frameworks Motherboards.
Nintendo has a reason to upgrade the aging Switch hardware due to devs having a harder time putting their games onto the system due to the lack of System Memory and just overall power (which judging by rumoured specs, it seems it’s a bigger leap with a 12 Core Cortex CPU (12 Cores =/= More Power, so no it won’t out match the PS5 or Xbox Series CPUs) and the 12GB LPDDR5 RAM, and the new Amphere GPU), but Valve doesn’t need it right now, I’ve had a go with the Steam Deck and it’s honestly a fun device
Yet changing the battery will be a rule for Europr for the upcoming handheld devices. Wonder if Steam will give us the middle finger just like they did with adult games by simply locking us out.
Not interchanging the battery just gives them the ability to get more sales as batteries die. That is not a safety concern and was only an excuse.
As for a successor, that is irrelevant. The system came out 2 years ago and wasn’t really powerful even then.
As for Nintendo the Switch the devs are not having trouble making games for it as we have seen, most third party games are not exclusives to the switch like they are for other systems and any game can be rendered down easily compared to rendering the graphics up.
what does this news have to do with Nintendo?
I don’t know what this news has to do with Nintendo either.
I mean it’s powerful enough for a handheld. It’s like a portable PS4. I don’t know why people expect something like this to be better when laptop gaming is already pretty tough on the hardware and battery efficiency