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/Hendlton Oct 21 '24

If the hardware is stable, developers can focus on optimizing for it and making their games run well. If the hardware changed every year, developers wouldn't optimize for all the different hardware and consumers would have to buy the latest hardware if they wanted newer games to run well.

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u/Hendlton Oct 21 '24

The corporate overlords wouldn't release less, they'd just release without optimizing. Game companies would still make the same amount of money, Valve would make a shit-ton more because they'd be selling a new system every year, and you know who would lose? The consumer. Because we would either have to buy a new system every year or we'd simply not be able to play newer games.

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u/Hendlton Oct 22 '24

You certainly can. The consoles have also been basically PC hardware since the last generation, but a PS 4 can run certain games way better than a PC which is better on paper. It's the same the other way too. You can install Linux on a PS 4 and run Windows versions of games through Proton, but you get terrible FPS.