Now that the Steam Frame has received an official price tag, it should not be a surprise that the majority of us have now turned our attention to Valve’s yet to be released product, the Steam Deck 2. It’s no secret that the digital games distributor is hard at work on the console, but it recently assured
that the ongoing RAM crisis hasn’t derailed its plans.
In an interview with IGN, Valve told the game site that the memory shortage and its skyrocketing prices have not altered its plans for its next generation handheld. The goal for Valve remains the same: it is waiting for a “true generational leap” in performance, but, more importantly, for the right price-to-performance ratio that would make the Steam Deck 2 worth it.
“We’ve talked before about how we want to make sure there’s a very delineated performance improvement for something like a future Steam Deck, and I think we’re still looking at it in the same way. It’s just a matter of looking at the current conditions and seeing how and when we can deliver something like that. But from what we’re working on, as far as the user experience goes and what the product that we’re trying to build goes, it’s very similar goals.”
As IGN puts it, the market for gaming handhelds has grown considerably over the past few years, more so after the arrival of the Steam Deck. While considerably more powerful than the Deck – the majority of them are powered by AMD’s Ryzen Z1 and Z2 Series APUs, and Intel is giving its red rival a run for its money with the Arc G3 Extreme – they are also more expensive, averaging RM4,000 a pop. And that’s after Valve hiked up the price for its handheld.
(Source: IGN)
