Valve’s fashionable Steam Deck handheld PC remains to be set to get a sequel, RAM disaster or no.
Talking with IGN, Valve builders Pierre-Loup Griffais and Jeff Leinbaugh confirmed that work on the Steam Deck 2 is ongoing.
“Probably not,” stated Griffais when requested if RAM costs had impacted Valve’s plans. “We’ve talked earlier than about how we need to be certain that there’s a really delineated efficiency enchancment for one thing like a future Steam Deck, and I feel we’re nonetheless it in the identical manner.
“It’s only a matter of trying on the present circumstances and seeing how and after we can ship one thing like that. However from what we’re engaged on, so far as the consumer expertise goes and what the product that we’re attempting to construct is, it’s very related targets.”
The information will come as a aid to followers of shiny new {hardware}, however it doesn’t imply the value of the unit will probably be reasonably priced.
The Steam Machine launched halfway via 2026 priced at over $1,000. Valve stated that this was “considerably extra” than it initially wished to cost.
Yesterday, the Steam Body VR headset was made accessible to order, which additionally prices greater than $1,000 for the cheaper mannequin within the US.
It’s unknown when Valve might announce or launch the Steam Deck 2.
