But of course, computing and gaming They don’t know about low returns and frames that get lost along the way so the most demanding, those who change hardware every so often, are looking at Valve to know what you are going to do about your Steam Deckwith some AAA, is already starting to limp. Either they cannot be played with a minimum quality or they cannot be started due to requirements that go beyond Gabe Newell’s hardware.
Steam Deck is fine as is, according to Valve
So in the face of so much insistence from fans, and from users who use ASUS or Lenovo as an example – who have plans to update their handheld PC more regularly than Valve–, the parents of CS:GO They have decided to go to the media to remind us of something that we already knew and that it never hurts to remember again, so that things remain clear and we do not get our hopes up about it. Do you know why?
Well, indeed, the thing has to do with the confirmation that there will be no Steam Deck in 2025, and we will see if in 2026, because Valve She is not going to get nervous at any time and trusts everything to what she considers to be the next “generational leap in computing.” That is, until a hardware manufacturer (in this case AMD) presents a substantial advance, which represents a new generation, it is not worth continuing to put machines on sale that barely give a boost compared to the previous ones with the same processor equipped inside.
And it’s true, because Steam Decktoday and with certain games, continues to offer performance data that is above (in certain configurations and TDP) its supposedly more powerful competitors, such as ASUS ROG Ally X or Lemovo Legion Go. So that extra power does not compensate for what each of those devices costs, which, in some cases, almost double the price of the machine. Valve.
Steam Deck already took a small leap last year
Even so, Valve had the luxury of significantly modifying its Steam Deck last year when launching the OLED model, which modified the screen for one that looks incredibly better, accelerated the speed of the RAM memory and made the size of its battery larger to gain a small percentage of performance and autonomy, but nothing noticeable compared to those that have the LCD model.
Be that as it may, Steam Deck It’s still a great machine that can maintain its usefulness as a gaming laptop well into the next generation. Mostly yes Valve Keep making the changes you have in mind to continue squeezing out its capacity (apart from some problems on PC).
