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Valve\u2019s Steam Deck turned the market on its head last year, creating an arms race for portable gaming PCs you can throw in a bag. But if you were hoping for yearly upgrades to the design, a la the cell phone or laptop categories, you\u2019re out of luck. According to a recent interview, Valve is taking a more console-style approach, aiming for a hardware upgrade several years down the line at the earliest. <\/p>\n

A year after the gadget\u2019s debut, Valve designer Lawrence Yang that a sequel device won\u2019t be here for quite a while. \u201cA true next-gen Deck with a significant bump in horsepower wouldn\u2019t be for a few years,\u201d he said. That certainly dashes the hopes of at least some fans, who were hoping for an upgrade to the AMD Zen 2 internal hardware now several years old. <\/p>\n

That doesn\u2019t mean that the design will remain completely static\u2014Valve has already made a few adjustments like a quieter exhaust fan<\/a>. But, if you\u2019re looking for a dramatic increase in power, you\u2019ll have to look elsewhere, perhaps to one of the dozens of competitor devices<\/a> that have popped out of the woods in the meantime. <\/p>\n

But if the Steam Deck is hurting for horsepower, it isn\u2019t showing it. The , which guarantees that games will run on the portable hardware is adding new titles all the time, including heavy-hitters like Hogwarts Legacy <\/em>and Cyberpunk 2077<\/em>. And the community continues to embrace the current machine, with a wide array of accessories to buy<\/a> and . <\/p>\n

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Michael is a former graphic designer who’s been building and tweaking desktop computers for longer than he cares to admit. His interests include folk music, football, science fiction, and salsa verde, in no particular order.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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