Der er endnu nogle måneder til at Valve lancerer den første Steam Deck, en slags håndholdt PC, der kan tilgå hele dit Steam-bibliotek. Men allerede nu tænker de på fremtiden, og arbejder på en direkte efterfølger til Deck.
I et interview med RPS siger designer Greg Coomer at de tillader sig at gøre mere ambitiøst til værks med den næste Steam Deck, og at 4K-opløsning er indenfor rækkevidde om nogle år.
"I think it's often extra interesting at Valve because so many of us want to treat even this device like a platform that can just be upgraded at will, and we can just, you know, why not upgrade it every three months? Obviously, that wouldn't be the best service that we would do for game developers or customers if we tried to operate that way. We're already looking ahead to the future because we believe this is a product line that will have a long life, so of course we're thinking about what would we build next, and we're starting to make plans in those directions. But there is not a design for Steam Deck 2, but we're thinking along those lines and having conversations already about where would we draw the line for our next iteration of the device."
Den første Steam Deck forventes at lande inden året er omme.