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The Steam Deck has been a huge thing for handheld PC gaming, allowing users to PC game on the go. It’s seen a major level of success since it launched back in February to consumers, and it doesn’t look like Valve is slowing down on its progress anytime soon.
Valve is already making plans on the future of the Steam Deck. In an interview with Weekly Famitsu magazine, several Valve developers spoke about the next plans. Designer Greg Coomer stated that “unless something major changes, there will be a next generation of Steam Deck products in the future. The theme, size and shape will change, and it might even become a streaming machine. Development of the Steam Deck will continue.”
Coomer spoke about the reasons why, stating that “one reason is that it is an extension of our core Steam platform. The Steam Deck is another PC in another form, but Steam has many other uses besides this handheld device […] and we will continue to work to satisfy our customers as much as possible.”
Valve stated that it would like to improve upon specific elements for future Steam Decks. Of these elements are battery life and optimization. Developer Pierre-Loup Griffais said that “we have already made improvements [to battery life[ between the time of launch and now. We’re also constantly optimizing the operating system to reduce battery consumption when playing games that are not too demanding. This will improve the battery life. In any case, battery issues are at the top of our list of future improvements.”
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Zainah Yousef
Zainah Yousef is the author of The Fallen Age Saga and specializes in gaming, social media advice, and reviews. She's been writing all her life and she probably won't stop anytime soon.
