cm0002Steam Deck 2 getting closer but hardware still not quite there yet
jordanlundI don’t see it happening before the AI bubble pops, and after it pops we’ll all be too busy scavenging to play games. 😉
At this point they arent just waiting on the chip, they’re waiting on cost.
Releasing a more expensive system when they just raised the price of the original would be insane.
People do remember consoles normally decrease in price as they age, yes?
Prices for consoles went up, too
JohnEdwaHardware usually first reduces in price because manufacturers start with a need to quickly recover the large R&D costs using a high profit margin, and at some point they break even. Game consoles are kinda special, as they are often sold at a loss from the start because they expect sales in games to eventuslly cover it all, so their pricing usually slowly trends down in hopes it attracts new owners that will then buy a bunch of games.
Valve doesn’t do that with the Deck (they want the hardware division to be entirely self-sufficient), but they also set the price to be really low right from the start to be competitive, so they had to increase the price to match current manufacturing costs or each Deck would lose the hardware division money.
massive_bereavementARM processor instead of x86?
That’s my secret hope, since they already have the Frame on ARM. This would make the release of a separate ARM based Steam OS more likely and my tablet be very thankful for that.
I’ve been using the ARM version on Rocknix and it’s amazing. The power efficiency while maintaining graphic quality is really surprising. I sure hope SteamDeck 2 is ARM. I’d be a little surprised if not.
It would also give an edge to linux-based handhelds compared with windows ones.