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Valve Already Planning Steam Deck 2

Valve’s Steam Deck has only just launched, but Gabe Newell has already begun talking about its successor. In an interview in the latest issue of Edge Magazine, Newell discussed the Steam Deck 2, and how it could offer buyers a more powerful PC gaming experience with features you won’t find on a traditional desktop or laptop. According to Newell, Valve has taken note of the fact that the most expensive version of the Steam Deck was the most popular, and this is partially guiding their thinking on the next iteration. Valve is also considering how they could use the portable form factor to enhance the experience further:

The first step is to let you play the great games that exist today. The second iterations are going to be more about: what are the capabilities that mobile gives us, above and beyond what you would get in a traditional desktop or laptop gaming environment?

Newell also said that Valve is curious to see how other developers choose to implement the software that they created for their handheld. They are also considering ways in which they could use what they have learned from the Steam Deck to further progress the portable space in other ways. One of those applications could be much better, more powerful portable VR. Newell added:

One of the things [Steam Deck] represents is battery-capable, high-performance horsepower that eventually you could use in VR applications as well. You can take the PC and build something that is much more transportable. We’re not really there yet, but this is a stepping stone.

The Steam deck launched officially on February 25th and has 3 versions: a 3GB model for $399, a 256GB model for $529, and a 512 GB model for $649.

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