Steam has plenty of new hardware on the way, but a successor to the Steam Deck has proven more elusive so far. Following the reveal of the new Steam Controller's price and release date, however, it's the perfect time for an update on another handheld PC gaming device.
In the past, Valve established that a Steam Deck 2 isn't something the company plans on rushing, arguing that frequent incremental upgrades would be bad for consumers. The fundamental idea behind this schedule hasn't changed, but the latest news goes into a bit more detail on the progress toward the inevitable follow-up.
Speaking to IGN, Valve programmer Pierre-Loup Griffais explained the current status of Steam Deck 2 development, confirming that Valve is "hard at work" on the next iteration. Griffais claims that the more imminent Steam hardware releases will contribute to that process, as "a lot of what [Valve is] doing here will will be learnings that build up to it."
Griffais's statement doesn't provide much in the way of details, but it does suggest that the next Steam Deck is neither close at hand nor unimaginably far away. Once Valve gets through the current slate of hardware releases, the...
