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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is the steam deck really comparable to a traditional console?

[–] One_Large_Dumple 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

we'll soon see I think, Valve has said they want this to be more of a traditional console-style lifespan, and they've also said they don't see a reason to release a Steam Deck 2 unless they can get a significant performance bump, as of right now having a hardware target for devs to aim/optimize for is a really good benefit

plus if the devs optimize a game for Steam Deck those optimizations help for other handheld gaming PCs even if they're more powerful than the Deck

I'm super excited about a potential Steam Deck 2, I would love to see a better screen (quality, not so much resolution, maybe OLED) as well as a better battery life, and, of course, a more powerful APU... I wonder what the possibility of porting Proton to ARM is and switching to an ARM/Chiplet style CPU for the Deck 2

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm happy to use my steam deck for the next few years but if they released a new steam deck in say 4 years and it had significantly better performance (like at least 900p 60fps in modern to the time games) I wouldn't even have to think about purchasing it I just would.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Me neither. I'd get the new one right away. And it's a PC so I can retire my Steam Deck to use to do for other things by then. It's a really great machine.