The article you’ve linked seems to say the opposite of what you’re suggesting — that a second iteration of the Steam Deck is coming soon. That’s not the impression I get from the linked article at all.
But even that aside, I would argue that the Steam Deck has been uniquely successful. Sure, the Deck may or may not end up being a “one and done”, flash in the pan piece of hardware that fades into relative obscurity in the face of competing hardware… but it proved that the idea of portable PC gaming was possible and affordable, and inspired plenty of manufacturers to dip their toe in the same arena. And almost every single one of those devices, whether it’s sold by Valve or Lenovo or whoever, will be running — and selling games on — the Steam marketplace.
That was the goal of the Deck, and in that regard it’s been a great success.
When I said the Steam Deck is coming soon, I mean soon enough that it’s “years” away. Not soon as in coming in the next 2 years but soon enough that they are already iterating on it and confirming that they are making a new one.
whether it’s sold by Valve or Lenovo or whoever, will be running — and selling games on — the Steam marketplace.
But a lot of them are installed with Windows and the biggest competitor is the Rog Ally which straight up advertises Microsoft GamePass on their site. Those competitors are as likely to use Steam as they are to use Epic, GOG, Microsoft, or Itch. The Steam Deck uniquely is made by a marketplace company. You could possibly get some storefronts on the Deck but realistically it’s a Steam device and most people will use it for Steam games.
That was the goal of the Deck, and in that regard it’s been a great success.
With less than 2 million users using it and a lot of that 2% already being in the Steam marketplace, it’s hard to say if they’ve seen the increase in-store purchases as they hoped.
The article you’ve linked seems to say the opposite of what you’re suggesting — that a second iteration of the Steam Deck is coming soon. That’s not the impression I get from the linked article at all.
But even that aside, I would argue that the Steam Deck has been uniquely successful. Sure, the Deck may or may not end up being a “one and done”, flash in the pan piece of hardware that fades into relative obscurity in the face of competing hardware… but it proved that the idea of portable PC gaming was possible and affordable, and inspired plenty of manufacturers to dip their toe in the same arena. And almost every single one of those devices, whether it’s sold by Valve or Lenovo or whoever, will be running — and selling games on — the Steam marketplace.
That was the goal of the Deck, and in that regard it’s been a great success.
When I said the Steam Deck is coming soon, I mean soon enough that it’s “years” away. Not soon as in coming in the next 2 years but soon enough that they are already iterating on it and confirming that they are making a new one.
But a lot of them are installed with Windows and the biggest competitor is the Rog Ally which straight up advertises Microsoft GamePass on their site. Those competitors are as likely to use Steam as they are to use Epic, GOG, Microsoft, or Itch. The Steam Deck uniquely is made by a marketplace company. You could possibly get some storefronts on the Deck but realistically it’s a Steam device and most people will use it for Steam games.
With less than 2 million users using it and a lot of that 2% already being in the Steam marketplace, it’s hard to say if they’ve seen the increase in-store purchases as they hoped.