Okay… so in an effort to maintain a semi consistent article/news upload schedule, I’ll provide some thoughts on the new valve announcement, such timing.
As a longtime supporter of steam deck and longtime hater of valve, this has me both optimistic and cautious.
The steam deck was an excellent machine, but not without its set of baggage.
Unfortunately, it didn’t learn from the switch, since it released an OLED version instead of making having that feature from the start. Sure, OLED has more battery, and it may be slightly more powerful, but you’re still good to go if you have a regular deck, especially if you dock it to an OLED monitor (rendering the extended battery and new screen completely moot, unfortunately).
It appears this new machine aims to be less of a condensed console and more of a shortcut to having a pc, so the prices may affect that.
Speaking of that, we won’t really know how much this thing costs until much later, but we will definitely find out somewhere around 2026 as the video suggests.
That’s all. I sounded pretty critical, but that’s just how I talk. I’m pretty excited about this and hope it lives up and is easy to afford. Stay tuned for more news if I don’t forget to write for 6 months again.
As a longtime supporter of steam deck and longtime hater of valve, this has me both optimistic and cautious.
The steam deck was an excellent machine, but not without its set of baggage.
Unfortunately, it didn’t learn from the switch, since it released an OLED version instead of making having that feature from the start. Sure, OLED has more battery, and it may be slightly more powerful, but you’re still good to go if you have a regular deck, especially if you dock it to an OLED monitor (rendering the extended battery and new screen completely moot, unfortunately).
It appears this new machine aims to be less of a condensed console and more of a shortcut to having a pc, so the prices may affect that.
Speaking of that, we won’t really know how much this thing costs until much later, but we will definitely find out somewhere around 2026 as the video suggests.
That’s all. I sounded pretty critical, but that’s just how I talk. I’m pretty excited about this and hope it lives up and is easy to afford. Stay tuned for more news if I don’t forget to write for 6 months again.
