Valve Marketing Booklet For Asian Markets Confirms A Steam Deck 2 Is Inevitable
Prediction: Steam Deck sequel speculation has been swirling ever since Valve unveiled its laptop. This week, the company gave its strongest confirmation yet that it plans to continue work on its wearables, without saying when.
On Thursday, Valve released a Steam Deck brochure detailing the company's plans for a future version of the device. It doesn't offer a lot of detail, but Valve isn't stopping at just one deck.
Valve wrote a marketing brochure to explain the company's goals and the Steam Deck to viewers in Asian regions such as Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Contains brief descriptions of Valve, Steam, and Steam Deck for viewers who may be unfamiliar with them. It is available for download in English, Japanese, Korean and Chinese.
The final page looks to the future, calling Steam Deck a "multi-generational product line." Valve has apparently confirmed rumors of a Steam Deck sequel that surfaced earlier this year. The company plans to update the hardware and software in future iterations, ensuring that subsequent Steam decks can continue to access the same software and games as the original unit.
“The Steam Deck is the first in a new category of portable Steam gaming PCs. In the future, Valve will follow this product with updates and iterations of hardware and software, launching new versions of the original Steam Deck, and like all PCs, these future products will continue to offer access to the same catalog of Steam games that players know and love love".
In March, Valve CEO Gabe Newell said he saw the success of the more expensive Steam Deck model as evidence that customers were attracted to the higher-end option. He also expressed hope for VR capabilities in future models.
Rumors from June said that AMD was working on an APU that could be a successor to Steam Deck's "Van Goh" processor. It will feature faster RAM and the increased efficiency of AMD's upcoming RDNA 3 GPU architecture. Chip info points to a late 2023 or later release, which is good. The current Steam deck isn't up to par at all, so Valve probably won't be replacing it anytime soon.
The Steam Deck isn't the only or the first handheld gaming computer, though its popularity may have fueled a fledgling industry. GamePad Digital (GPD) recently introduced two new models to its Win series: the GPD Win Max 2, which looks like a mini-laptop with an analog stick, and the GPD Win 4, which looks more like a Sony PSP with a keyboard. The Max 2 has some of the same chips as the Steam deck, but is slightly more powerful. It can support Valve's Steam OS. Other variants such as the Ayaneo 2 and the AYN Loki Zero have also appeared.
In addition to the PDA, Valve has also confirmed its plans to release Steam Deck updates for regular PCs. Its user interface will be the basis of the new version of the Steam Big Picture mode. Chromebooks will also soon be able to play with the Steam Deck level of compatibility.

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