Microsoft surprised many of its fans with a peek at the future of Xbox. Instead of announcing the new Xbox console, they revealed two powerful Xbox Ally
Microsoft surprised many of its fans with a peek at the future of Xbox. Instead of announcing the new Xbox console, they revealed two powerful Xbox Ally
Maybe I am misremembering their statements on the matter, but I’ve seen no indication that they’re planning on another version any time soon. All they have said, again IIRC and maybe something changed the last few months, is that they would like to revisit it when the hardware becomes more capable and worthy of a refresh. But that means they literally aren’t even working on it right now, which means we are likely years out from even an announcement. There is no point in sitting around waiting for it or planning for it at this stage. We are completely speculating about any timeline, again, because they aren’t even thinking about version two right now. You’d be lucky if you saw one within the next three years
I think people forget that they are not a very large company. This isn’t just percolating in the background. They are focused much more heavilyon steam OS and third-party support right now than they are even considering building a second steam deck. They’ve explicitly said as much.
“…we aren’t thinking about new hardware until next year at least” doesn’t mean that they aren’t working on it now. And they seem to have low confidence that said new hardware will even make it out next year. Yes, we are likely years out from a new Steam Deck, and you shouldn’t plan on one being imminent. That’s not the same thing as them no longer working on it.
I don’t understand how that’s any different than what I’m saying, in fact that’s the interview I am referencing in my above comment. They “aren’t even thinking about it until next year at least.” How is that at all incompatible with what I’m saying? That’s not even a promise that they’re going to make one. It’s the verbal acknowledgment that in 2026 they might think about building something again. That’s so flimsy and does not require any accountability/commitment from them.
The title of your article is literally “we may never get a steam deck 2.”
He even says:
I mean read over his “Outlook“ section. He’s pretty much fully aligned with my assessment
I have to ask, did you actually read this article in full?
Yes, I did. I also didn’t read between the lines and take that to mean that they’re not working on it, investing in it, etc. It just means that we can’t predict the future, and what makes sense now might not make sense in a few years when the technology does exist. The Outlook section was the author’s conjecture of what could come to pass, but he can’t predict the future either.
It’s not reading between the lines. They are literally saying they are not working on it right now, and that they might next year. If if if’s abound. I just don’t understand how you’re treating this as another steam deck is in the works. There is no company in the world that would say they have no plans to refresh their hardware while they are still making hardware sales as well, yet for some reason we’re taking corporate lines and extrapolating so much because it’s valve? I mean what they said is basically a non-answer. “We will consider making another if conditions are right”?
Like throw down a date. Give me a year. When do you think they’re going to drop another steam deck? Based on the information you have seen, I don’t understand how you can come to any sort of concrete statement without reading between the lines yourself.
“We are working on Steam Deck 2,” Aldehayyat chimed in. “There is going to be a successor.”
That was seven months ago, and it’s very clear. Successful gaming hardware usually starts prototyping the next one very quickly, even if it’s years away. If they didn’t, then they’d always lag far behind the latest technology. Valve don’t know the year. With tariffs alone, trying to set a release date for a new piece of hardware could be a nightmare.
It’s strange to me that they said that and then in the more recent article walked back that promise but fair enough. I’ve never seen this one before so TIL
That’s because, as I’ve been trying to tell you, they didn’t walk it back. You assumed it meant something that it didn’t.
You know I’ve been at least arguably polite (maybe the questioning of you read the article came off as rude but genuinely it seemed like you did not). Yet throughout this conversation you continue to kind of be patronizing and needlessly hostile, certainly we can admit you’re being far ruder than I am. I thought I was being polite not pointing out the fact that you held onto that article for several comments and could’ve easily ended this earlier on by showing your homework, especially when I specifically asked for it and fully admitted maybe I am out of date on my information, but for some reason you waited all this time and now you’re all angry because you’ve had to have this full on discussion that you basically necessitated, so it bears mentioning.
Either way we are clearly past the point of productivity with this conversation. Thank you for the new information, have a good one.