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Do n’t anticipate aSteam Deck 2any time soon — or at least , not within the year . While Valve has corroborate that it ’s working on an official follow - up to its popular handheld console , it ’s against the idea of yearly ironware releases .
In an interview withReviews.org(spotted byThe Verge ) , Steam Deck house decorator Lawrence Yang and Yazan Aldehayyat weighed in on the intersection ’s hereafter . While they said they approve ofcompetition in the spaceand how they can ( and in some case have ) ameliorate on theSteam Deckfoundation , they ’re not going to follow the trend of releasing new versions with incremental improvements .
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“ We ’re not going to do a bump every year . There ’s no reasonableness to do that . And , honestly , from our perspective , that ’s kind of not really reasonable to your client to come out with something so before long that ’s only incrementally better , ” Yang said . He added that the squad is waiting for a “ generational leap in compute without sacrifice stamp battery sprightliness ” before it launches a proper Steam Deck 2 .
That is n’t to say that Valve does n’t want to ameliorate on the Steam Deck in the future . Aldehayyat allege that the Steam Deck is come up to a job that player want to clear , but it ’s not perfect .
“ We really want to be able to let you playact your Steam plot anywhere you want . Steam Deck has improved that significantly , but we do n’t view it as a solved problem yet . We still suppose that there ’s a circle of elbow room for advance , ” Aldehayyat said .
Other Steam Deck team members have commented on when they think a 2d - generation handheld could slay the market place . In September 2023,Steam Deck designer Pierre - Loup Griffais echoedthat the troupe desire to upgrade , but is waiting for that generational leap . As such , Griffais estimate a Deck 2 could launch in late 2025 , perchance 2026 .
“ It ’s important to us that the Deck propose a desexualize performance target for developers , and that the subject matter to customers is simple , where every Deck can play the same secret plan . As such , changing the performance level is not something we are carry light , and we only want to do so when there is a substantial enough increase to be had , ” Griffais said .
We hypothecate it ’s possible there could be another mid - gen release like theSteam Deck OLED , but Valve has n’t made any mention of it . The OLED good example did n’t propose many improvements , but it upgraded the screen from LCD to OLED and slenderly improved battery life .
