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Steam Deck won't have yearly refreshes because it's "not really fair to your customers", says Valve (archive.is)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Name one console that is released yearly

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Anything Anbernic makes. Oh wait, no, they're on a monthly schedule.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Every other company producing handhelds (except Nintendo).

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Legion Go, released a year ago, follow-up announced, no release date

ROG Ally followed up by the Ally X a year later but still sold (just like Valve is still selling two hardware versions of the Deck)

Then you have no name brands that do flood the market

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

to be fair, the ally x is a revision of the same product. same chip. making some functional changes like that is similar to saying the steam deck oled is a new generation of devices.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

That's my point, saying only Valve and Nintendo have a release schedule that's more than a year long is disingenuous

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Handheld gaming devices? Which ones?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Ayaneo, MSI Claw, ROG Ally, GDP Win, Lenovo Legion Go

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I don't think any console that did releases annually would be worth buying and I think you have a solid point.

That being said, it is slightly different insofar as console games are not implicitly available across generations. What I mean is PS4 games are playable on PS5 but WiiU aren't on Switch or what-have-you.

I think most people are crossing over PC/laptop updates with game consoles and the walls are being broken down a bit.

I think Steam doesn't want to muddy the waters with "Steam Verified" and everything just yet. They're eventually going to with an upcoming refresh of the system, but it's easier to get devs and consumers on the same page with Steam Deck verified and the software and such if they don't iterate every year.

What do I know though, I'm an idiot.