I know they make money off the store but making a quality, repairable product and selling it at a reasonable price is a really good business model. Other companies should try it. When Steam Deck 2 comes out, I’ll be buying it. And probably repurposing my original Steam Deck as a media server or something.
There’s like six companies left on Earth that do that and they’ll probably be around forever. I know it costs 30% more for quality and Valve has the store to supplement it. But I have a 20 year-old leather jacket and an even older kitchen knife. I saved up for both because I was broke and in my early 20’s. They’re probably both better today after going through their paces. I know a guy who works at a shipyard who gets his boots re-soled because he likes his boots. Same boots for decades. Occasional maintenance required.
I think we’re going to need to see a generational shift in compute before we see steam deck two. I have the original deck, and the OLED. Kicked down the original to a friend. Both are great pieces of kit. I’ve basically survived without a gaming machine for almost 4 years because of these devices. I’ve experienced almost 0 desegregation on either. Just phenomenal devices.
I’ve finally bit the bullet on a more serious machine (for both work and pleasure). I’ve got a Asus ROG Flow Z13 on back order, the 128gb variant. I think this is the direction things are going to go. We just can’t make CPU’s/ Video cards faster/ more efficient if we keep them separated.
My speculation: the next steam deck is going to take on this design, so long as the stryx halo generation proves itself. It might not be a “full force” variant like I’ve bought into, but the rub is the temperatures and power to performance relationship. The stryx halo design is the only thing I’ve seen that would warrant a generation refresh.
Direct link to the release notes:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675200/view/820329049655084700?l=english
Yeah, why is that article the pinned post and not the real thing (I’m the first to submit it a few minutes ago, no cross-posting info displayed by Lemmy)?
No one had posted the actual patch notes yet when I pinned this, and the headline on this one covers what’s probably the most significant news item about this update.
Personally I really like reading the patch notes directly, but it seems like usually it’s the articles talking about the changes like this that get more traction on lemmy and other sites. I think having the patch notes directly linked in a comment here is a nice middle ground of having the higher traction headline/article and the more info rich patch notes both easily accessible.
Steam Deck keeps getting better.
I would really love it if the new update makes the GPU compatible with Blender for GPU rendering.
This update completely messed up my workflow unfortunately. My monitors randomly turn on and off now and the headphone jack and ethernet port on my dock don’t work anymore. Of course I’m using a thinkpad dock so it’s probably not fully supported but it’s still disappointing to see.
