Handheld gamers are eagerly awaiting a Steam Deck 2 announcement, but a new rumor suggests that the wait could be longer than expected.

Source is KeplerL2, who is generally considered a reliable source for insider hardware info, particularly on AMD GPU hardware and AMD SoC for consoles.

Previously I would have personally estimated Steam Deck 2 to release mid 2026-early 2027, but the recent info about an upcoming Steam Machine made me think that maybe I should push back that estimate.

Of course even if we assume this is reliable insider info, a lot can change in couple years, so things can definitely change.

  • tekeous@beehaw.org
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    2 days ago

    I love my Steam Deck OLED and would only really consider an upgrade for things that improve the experience or reliability. Being able to run low and medium-graphics games locally and stream everything else from my PC with Remote Play is awesome.

    I’d only want things like:

    • Hall effect or TMR sticks and triggers
    • Better battery life(but honestly it’s already great)
    • 1080p, but not at the cost of horsepower or battery
    • More CPU and GPU power is never a bad thing but I wouldn’t want it at the cost of battery
    • Cooler and quieter(it gets warm and loud on Forza 5, TABS, Helldivers 2, etc)
    • Thunderbolt with external GPU support on the dock
    • More storage is always a good thing and 2230 SSDs pretty much top out at 2TB
    • The Bluetooth is laggy but I dunno, Bluetooth just kinda always sucks

    and bloody hell Valve put the god damn xone driver in your SteamOS so I can use my Xbox wireless receiver without installing the driver after every update