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Don't expect a Steam Deck 2 until silicon breakthroughs arrive, says Valve (www.techspot.com)
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[–] tal@lemmy.today 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_video_game_consoles

Since then, home game consoles have progressed through technology cycles typically referred to as generations. Each generation has lasted approximately five years, during which the major console manufacturers have released console with broadly similar specifications.

Things might work differently for Valve due to games they sell also running on devices from other manufacturers and their hardware presumably being fully backwards-compatible. I wouldn't be confident saying that they would work the same way.

However, if one assumes that they do work similarly, the Steam Deck came out in early 2022, (and the minor OLED update in 2023). If they intend a five-year model, one would expect 2027.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Even if I expected Valve to have a similar schedule for continued hardware releases, I would expect them to be unique in that they would be operating on Valve time.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 week ago

And the industry has extended the generation cycle over time because the increased specifications aren't generally worth it.