Sorry gamers, the Steam Deck 2 is a long way off
techradar.comDuring an extensive interview with publication Rock Paper Shotgun, Steam Deck designer Lawrence Yang dropped a potential bomb on gamers who may be eagerly awaiting a sequel to the portable.
As reported by PC Gamer, Yang stated that while he was excited about what improvements could be made to the portable system, «a true next-gen Deck with a significant bump in horsepower wouldn’t be for a few years.» And while that may be disappointing news for some who were hoping for a true sequel, there’s good reason for Valve to not invest in a Steam Deck 2 just yet.
According to Yang’s fellow Steam Deck designer, Pierre-Loup Griffais, «if high-end current-gen titles are able to scale to Deck and be a great experience, it also enables smoother performance on a wider variety of PCs, and improve the experience for the whole playerbase.”
Considering that Valve’s Steam Deck is only celebrating its first year now, we’ll most likely not see a new one for at least a few years.
Valve recently released a new update, one that makes it easier to transfer PC games between a PC and the Steam Deck. The update, which is currently only available to those in the Steam Deck Beta and Preview channels, allows you to perform a local data transfer between devices and is a faster alternative to using the internet for said transfer.
You can also use this feature to transfer games between two PCs, but if you want to copy game files to a PC not registered to your Steam account you’ll need to change the Local Network Game Transfers settings from Self Only (the default) to Friends Only or Everyone.
This may be a spicy hot take but I hope that Valve doesn’t release a new Steam Deck for a long time. First, the portable system is quite young and clearly has plenty of
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