Officialized by Valve in 2021, this console is the portable platform for all PC players looking for comfort.
If the Steam Deck is generally appreciated by the community, some would like to be able to take advantage of even higher technical characteristics.
Steam Deck: It will be several years before a more powerful version
Just over a year after its launch, Valve’s console offers an extensive catalog of playable PC titles in a portable version. We think in particular of real hits like Elden Ring, the latest GOTY and baby from From Software, or God of War, the master class of Santa Monica Studio.
In all and for all, Currently about 8000 different games flourish on this platform. Unfortunately some still suffer from frame rate drops and other issues, pushing players to wait for the next release of a new version.
In a recent interview, engineer Pierre-Loup Griffais said he believed that the machine “has the potential to be a solid target throughout the generation”. He also clarifies that the company plans to improve the specifications, “but that the work involved is more delicate than typical Deck UX settings what developers needed to do for games that already work well.
In the same interview, Valve designer Lawrence Yang echoes Griffai’s thoughts on the Steam Deck’s longevity by explaining thata “genuine new generation with a significant increase in power will not see the light of day for a few years”.