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Didn’t we just get a new steam deck…
I doubt there is anything to upgrade this cycle IMHO
That was my first thought, too.
What would a “Steam Deck 2” be in peoples minds? Less incremental changes? The repairability and modability of the Steam Deck kind of means it doesn’t have a direct comparability to console “alternatives”. Not to mention the less closed software architecture it provides.
The steam deck has only been out for two years. It’s too soon to be thinking about successor.
I would rather have Valve follow a consistent release schedule as Valve should focus more on software improvements and features to squeeze out more potential from the original steam deck and have the third party developers target one handheld hardware baseline for every 5-7 years.
If anything, they should be focused on a new Steam machine, and with a new VR headset to accompany it.
Yes that would be great!
Agreed. The Deck is plenty powerful for most games, and even a lot of newer releases play fine with lower graphics settings, and with the Deck’s screen size and resolution, lower settings aren’t noticeable in most games.
I’ve seen a lot of reviewers also mention that they don’t notice or mind lower framerate on the Deck, either, and I agree; there’s something about the form factor that makes the framerate less important.
Releasing too many SKUs will just confuse the market and lead to fragmentation. 4 years is the absolute soonest I will think higher specs might be justified.
The OLED model was a good choice; a nominal increase in performance with a fantastic display and the exact same shell dimensions. Developers don’t need to target multiple devices if they’re trying to make their games work on the Deck, and accessories all still work (aside from maybe screen protectors, I guess?)
There isn’t much call for a Deck 2 yet. I’m more interested in Valve bringing out the Index 2 first. Luckily, we aren’t waiting on the Index 3 yet otherwise I’d be less certain of it happening.
I really want to see Valve champion PCVR as much as FB has been pushing stand-alone VR. There is a decent-sized market there, but it feels like more and more large players are existing VR, leaving FB/Meta as the only one left standing (see Microsoft killing WMR, Sony pretty much abandoning PSVR despite it being the #2 selling VR platform). And as much as I commend Meta/Oculus for their innovations and continued research in this space, I don’t think it’s in anyone’s best interest to see the market get monopolized by Meta.
Especially now they’re forcing people to have FB accounts to use the hardware. I don’t care how much cheaper they are, that alone means I’ll never buy from Oculus.
Didn’t they introduce Oculus accounts because of the complaints about having to use FB accounts?
It’d be news to me if they did but it’s still an account under the FB umbrella and I trust Zuckbot as far as I could throw him, which isn’t far no matter what alloy he’s made out of.
Fair. It’s my main reason for not owning an Oculus headset. Sadly Microsoft decided to turn my WMR headset into e-waste later this year, so I will need to find a replacement in due time.
Sorry for your loss, my friend. I heard WMRs were pretty decent equipment.
The HP Reverb G2 v2 was the highest resolution headset on the market for a while. And it comes with the same headset solution the Index uses.
Sure. It has some flaws, such as the hand tracking accuracy not being as good as some other headsets (some people felt the inside-out tracking wasn’t as accurate as traditional lighthouse based approaches, but it’s still plenty accurate for pretty much any game I’ve played with it) but at the price point this occupied when new there was really no better value for people that wanted a headset with as little setup as possible and absolutely fantastic fidelity and resolution.
It’s a true travesty that Microsoft can just axe the entire platform with no way for users to continue using their still perfectly functioning devices.
You can use a Quest headset to play Steam.
I’d guess this has taken a lot of motivation out of Valve. They probably couldn’t do any better, as Meta has basically limitless funding.
I know. I’d just like the market to be more than a defacto monopoly with Meta selling 85% of all headsets. Especially given their privacy track record.
Oh don’t get me wrong, I would as well. That’s just the reality of the situation.
I hope they make another vr headset first
I’m more looking forward to their next VR system so i can ditch the quest 2
There’s this beast, which requires some index components to fully operate and will put you out about $1500 USD with the required Valve Index components, but it does look pretty amazing.
Oh yea definitely tempting, if only it didn’t need base stations and a tether. Passthrough would be nice as well.
Yeah, it looks beautiful, but AR/pass-through is so handy.
Quest 3?
Doesn’t seem worth the upgrade imo, plus i’d still be in the meta ecosystem :/
it would be crazy if Valve didn’t produce a Steam Deck 2
They’d be crazy if they did…
a newer generation AMD APU to bring performance up, with a slightly higher resolution screen and I honestly think I would be ridiculously happy.
No, Liam. No, no, no, just no. 800p is not an accident. Using the most efficient processor was not an accident.
Asus says their biggest complaint is battery life. This is where SD reigns supreme, and you’re asking them to undo that.
If this whole Snapdragon ARM thing pans out, that’s probably the next logical evolution. Combine that with the FRORE system coolers and baby you got a stew goin!
It’d be nice if they made Steamdeck available in Australia before working on Steamdeck 2.
I’ve bad feeling about SteamDeck 2.
So far, the biggest bourdary for Valve seem to be: no 3 for software, no 2 for hardware (but we may still get a SteamDeck 1: Episode 1… if SteamDeck OLED isn’t already that)
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Now, I’m not dumb enough to think that the Steam Deck is in actual competition with the Nintendo Switch.
We all knew a Nintendo Switch 2 would happen, there just hadn’t been any real proper confirmation, until now.
Writing on social media, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa posted on May 7th:
But it feels increasingly weird to have a dedicated solid box permanently attached to a single TV.
Being able to take a much smaller device with you to play anywhere, and additionally have the ability to hook it up to a TV whenever you want just feels so much better.
The OLED design gave us enough improvements inside to various parts so thinking on what they should add in for the big number 2: a newer generation AMD APU to bring performance up, with a slightly higher resolution screen and I honestly think I would be ridiculously happy.
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