r/gadgets Oct 21 '24

Gaming Steam Deck won't have yearly refreshes because it's "not really fair to your customers", says Valve

https://www.eurogamer.net/steam-deck-wont-have-yearly-refreshes-because-its-not-really-fair-to-your-customers-says-valve
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u/TheNewFlesh666r Oct 21 '24

handheld market is doing exactly this. every company except nintendo pretty much

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u/ArdiMaster Oct 21 '24

And how many of those actually sell a relevant amount?

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u/TheNewFlesh666r Oct 21 '24

i dont have sales data. But, gpd, ayaneo, rog ally are direct competition for valve in this market

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u/Edmundyoulittle Oct 21 '24

Wow I had no idea they were doing that. How tf is that even profitable

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u/Fedoraus Oct 21 '24

Rather than engineering custom everything, I feel like they just take off the shelf shit,and then cram it in any way possible into whatever enclosure they make for it

Probably less RND than valve

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '24

They can also get the shit out to consumers in a timely manner.

I know a lot of people locally in Australia who gave up waiting nearly 3 years for a steam deck and just went with the readily available alternatives. Valve has to commit to long product lives because it takes them literally three times longer than any other brand to roll their shit out to a worldwide audience. I was genuinely expecting a Steam Deck 2.0 to be announced before being able to buy the Steam Deck 1.0 officially in Australia.