sirsquidLinux updates tease Valve 'Galileo' and 'Sephiroth' - Steam Deck refresh? Or new VR?
Evilphd666 [he/him, comrade/them]Code name Sepiroth - GabeN will never be just a memory.
Blaiz0rMaybe a controller for the SteamDeck
The reason this is known is because this supposed device is using the same AMD APU used in the Steam Deck. It's unlikely that a standalone controller would have a dedicated APU like that without becoming a full-on portable gaming device of its own.
There are two devices no? I wonder if one is a console and one the controller for it.
VeraxusMy guess is that they're working on a SteamDeck-based mini gaming desktop/console.
They could call it a Steam Machine! Sales will be massive
Steam Deck OLED?
Not sure they’re gonna do that. From their perspective, a bigger refresh coupled with a price hike would make much more sense. Maybe adding hall effect joysticks, new SOC, USB4 for external GPUs and the like, besides a new screen.
I would personally bet on Steam Machine 2.0 and Valve Index 2.0
Please just finish proton
That’s not something that can be finished, it’ll keep being a long process of fixing issues as they come up.
But I agree, more work on that is absolutely welcome.
Additionally, it's devices like these, that have proven successful in the market, that incentivize Valve to continue Proton's development. It's hard to see given the already insane trajectory Proton's development was on before the Steam Deck, but now that getting games running on Linux (in at least some form) is desirable by many game developers in order to gain Steam Deck support, Proton compatibility guarantees, and the corresponding development to make that happen, have shifted to before the releases of many major AAA games, and that compatibility work has cascading effects for many other games as well.
It feels too early for a new Steam Deck, I would think that would take another 2 or 3 years. I would love something like a standalone VR though, but VR on linux is not in the best shape yet so I’m not sure how that would go.