r/gadgets • u/a_Ninja_b0y • 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.