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I would think so. Their APU can't keep up with the 7840U found in so many other handhelds now. Lots of people are going to the ROG Ally and Ayeneo options among others
At the moment, the Ally makes news about their bad build quality. I'm curious for how long the hype about that device will last, the Steam Deck still holds up so far.
(Edit: I'm talking about the Deck) I think it holds up because it's the most well known and the openness of the project allows for all types of addons which is awesome.
I agree.
So is it likely for a refresh?
I'd estimate that the refresh cycles are more like consoles (5y) than PCs (1y). But noone really knows.
I suspect it will come somewhere between the two, something like two and a half to three years.
I wouldn't be surprised to see a Steam Deck 2 towards the end of next year.
I'm hoping for Deckard first before another Deck.
I would think so. Or maybe it'll have a way of upgrading the motherboard with a new APU
The deck uses a SOC… putting aside the fact that it directly soldered to the motherboard you can’t replace these components individually. The only possible approach would be an entire motherboard swap.
That's what I meant. Like how Framework is doing it.