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Valve says "technology doesn't exist" yet for full Steam Deck 2.0

Don't expect Steam Deck 2.0 anytime soon, Valve has said, as the technology to launch a handheld with an adequately bee…

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"Obviously we'd love to get even more performance in the same power envelope, but that technology doesn't exist yet," Aldehayyat said. "That's what I think we'd call a Steam Deck 2.0.

"The first Steam Deck was the first moment in time where we felt like there was enough GPU performance in a portable form factor that lets you play all your Steam games. We would love for the trend of perf-per-watt to progress rapidly to do that, but it's not quite there yet."

On the upside, this means that Steam developers still have a single perfomance point to hit when ensuring their games run well on the Steam Deck platform, whether the original model or the new OLED.

But how about Valve's own games? Had it been tempted to create something new to show off its shinier handheld hardware?

"There is work like that going on at Valve but we're not debuting a piece of content that is tailored to the OLED screen," Coomer replied.

Furthermore in this article via bloomberg, they confirmed it's 2-3 years away.

Valve Announces New Steam Deck With OLED Screen, More Storage

The new handheld device will begin shipping on Nov. 16 and feature significantly improved visuals but no power boost

www.bloomberg.com

Steam Deck 2 is in the works, won't be available for at least 2-3 years. It'll feature a “next-generation” power upgrade "A lot of folks at the company are excited about this product," Yang said. "We are very invested in the Steam Deck."

 

[RoboCain]

They really have a problem with third instances.

 

[March Climber]

I'll gladly wait.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

If they really want to stay with x86 then yeah there's nothing out there for them.

Super Switch, despite being based on a 5-years old SoC design, is going to kill Steam Deck in performance and power efficiency.

There's a reason why no phones use x86, handhelds will also always be superior with ARM

 

[Trogdor1123]

They just need the next super efficient chip. The way the market is going, there will be some super awesome chips then.