Oliver Cragg / Android Authority
TL;DR
- Regardless of its earlier historical past with {hardware}, Valve is reaffirming its dedication to the Steam Deck.
- Valve says it hopes to launch a Steam Deck 2 within the subsequent two or three years.
- Valve is contemplating making different-colored Steam Decks.
Final week, Valve shocked us with an OLED model of the Steam Deck. Whereas an enchancment in lots of facets from the unique handheld, it not at all is supposed to be a successor to the prevailing {hardware}. However Valve desires you to know it’s dedicated to the Steam Deck and a sequel is on the way in which.
In an interview with Axios, {hardware} designer Yazan Aldehayyat instructed the publication that Valve sees the Steam Deck 2 as one thing they’re undoubtedly going to pursue. “We do assume {that a} Steam Deck 2.0 is critical,” stated Aldehayyat. “Steam Deck OLED was vital. We really feel like there’s a street map forward of us.”
We already knew Valve plans on making a Steam Deck 2 based mostly on earlier interviews with different Valve staff. Nonetheless, on this new trade, Valve is reaffirming its dedication to the system. Valve is basically confirming it’s invested on this explicit product for the long run.
For the next-generation {hardware}, designer Lawrence Yang says, “We actually need it to be a generational improve.” There are chips which might be accessible now that might present a efficiency increase, however Yang factors out that these chips wouldn’t work out nicely in a handheld system. However Yang believes this can change within the subsequent two or three years.
As for one thing extra fast, it’s reported that the corporate is contemplating making different-colored Steam Decks. The primary of those could also be a restricted version Steam Deck with orange highlights.
In relation to Valve, the corporate has a historical past of transferring on to new pursuits after releasing a product. So this reaffirmation ought to be reassuring to Steam Deck followers.
