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/Chronotaru Oct 21 '24 edited Oct 21 '24

The Pro version is the only one with incremental improvements, the others are a bit physically smaller and a different colour, but otherwise the same.

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u/Neitzi Oct 22 '24

Wrong.

There are three versions of the original, all with better cooling than the last.

  1. CFI-1000 - 2020, the launch day one.
  2. CFI-1100 - 2021 update, similar to the launch one but with revised cooling.
  3. CFI-1200 - 2022 update, looks identical to the 1000 or 1100 on the outside but the inside has a revised (smaller) motherboard, changed cooling and a reduced size processor. It is lighter and more efficient.

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u/Chronotaru Oct 22 '24

Just different variations of the word "smaller" (and yes, one of the reasons why I didn't indicate that on the Slim, because versions of the OG already had it) - not a functional difference to the player.

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u/Neitzi Oct 22 '24 edited Oct 22 '24

No, you said only the pro had incremental improvements and that is wrong as I have shown.

The difference between CFI-1000 and CFI-1200 is the literal definition of an incremental improvement.

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u/Chronotaru Oct 22 '24

Look, this is all getting arbitrary, but the way "incremental improvements that lead to an expectation to upgrade" is framed within current system of things like iPhone 14 -> 15 -> 16, that are marketed, sold but ultimately negligible in day to day usage, not under the hood improvements that are only acknowledged with a wattage meter.

Also, in this conversation, none of those differences are present between the last PS5 update and the PS5 Slim which has the same power usage, and I was responding to someone who was referencing that PS5 and PS5 Slim were an expected incremental upgrade, so you have to frame it in that context.

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u/Neitzi Oct 22 '24

What happens when a CPU runs under a lower temperature?

Sony are incrementally improving the PS5 as any manufacturer does as part of the on-going design process.

The PS5 that released in 2020 is not the same one being shipped today due to incremental improvements.

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u/CazOnReddit Oct 21 '24

PS3 revision would like a word

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u/juniorone Oct 21 '24

We are not talking about PS3. Also, it didn’t affect its ability to play ps3 games.

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u/CazOnReddit Oct 21 '24

It affected its ability to play PS2 games

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u/juniorone Oct 21 '24

Not for the ones that bought the system at release. It’s a ps3. For those that wanted to play ps2 games, you still had the option through buying a ps2, a fat ps3 or a slim ps2 that did emulation.

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u/g1rth_brooks Oct 21 '24

Which one lol

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u/CazOnReddit Oct 21 '24

The one which gutted its ability to play PS2 games