
With that said, releasing Steam Deck 2 makes perfect sense due to several reasons. Admittedly, while there’s some development behind the latter piece of hardware, nobody’s really expecting a new Steam Controller. The Steam Controller wasn’t a massive success, and neither were Steam Machine, Steam Link, or the Valve Index. Now, whether or not the future iterations of Steam Deck will be numerical, e.g., Steam Deck 2, or serial, remains to be seen, but it’s nice to see the company go in a direction in which it hasn’t gone before - committing to upgradable hardware releases.įor those who aren’t s familiar with Valve’s history, some time after it started offering gaming services, the company forayed into hardware production, and its results weren’t as expected. Steam’s booklet actually provides several vision statements, mostly regarding the Steam Deck and SteamOS, promising longevity of its gaming platforms by releasing generational hardware - thus keeping the Steam Deck relevant with the times.


Valve is already thinking about future Steam Deck updates including new generations of hardware and software.
