Here’s the first proof a refreshed Steam Deck is nigh

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• whileloop@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Watch SadlyItsBradley and TylerMcVicker on YouTube, these are the guys who actually datamine SteamVR and SteamOS for themselves. They’re both saying Steam Deck 2 is not currently in developed. The thing Valve is currently working on is actually a console-like machine running slightly more powerful hardware, plus Valve’s upcoming VR headset.

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  • manapropos@lemmy.basedcount.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I hope you’re right. I love my Deck but when I’m home I play docked almost exclusively. I play a lot of older games so 1080p 60fps is no problem there. But any handheld is going to have a harder time with newer, more demanding titles. If Valve can make something on par with the Series X or the PS5 in terms of power at a similar price range, I think it would be a real winner

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  • Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That would actually be really cool

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    • LazaroFilm@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I would but a tv console from steam.

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  • DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Give me inside out tracking stand-alone steam VR headset….please

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    • GentlemanLoser@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’m so confused by what you mean here

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    • LukeMedia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      If they do, I’m coming for it

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  • Edgelord_Of_Tomorrow@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Very interested to know what Valve are aiming for with the Steam Deck console, in terms of specs. All the APUs except for the consoles are very light in terms of graphics power. Do we have a rough idea where the Sephiroth APU is going to land?

    People are going to have way, way bigger expectations for a console running on their 4k HDR TV than the Steam Deck on the washed out 8 inch.

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    • whileloop@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Tyler McVicker talks about this in one of his more recent videos, from the last week or so. IIRC, the hardware is nearly identical to Steam Deck, but slightly faster so it can handle higher resolutions.

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  • Shayeta@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’ve been holding off from getting into VR since there are no trustworthy manufacturers other than Valve, and I would REALLY like to have a wireless headset. Hopefully it finally happens!

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  • resketreke@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I'm hopeful they'll release a new Steam Controller sooner rather than later. I didn't get the original, but if they make one based on the Deck's controls, I'd be buying one.

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    • HidingCat@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I have the original, it's quite nice to use, but not having a second stick does hamper it. The Steam Deck controls look perfect.

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  • Xanvial@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    If the changes are mainly on hardware, it’s possible it won’t shown in the OS software. Unless SteamOS has kernel level configuration for steam deck, I think the configuration will be on steam app

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  • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That would be my guess as well. I doubt Valve would have a new steam deck until summer 2025. I imagine a bigger battery that isn’t glued so hard in place and of course a new amd apu and ddr5 ram, along with probably a 1080p screen.

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• Edgelord_Of_Tomorrow@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  What does “nigh” mean here?

  Is this going to be announced in the next couple of months, or next couple of years?

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  • Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    “The meaning of NIGH is near in place, time, or relationship”

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    • Edgelord_Of_Tomorrow@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      So are we safely in get excited territory or still in ignore until announced territory?

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• daftwerder@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  mainly just a new Wi-Fi module right?

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  • meiko60@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I heard newer model have new fan type as well

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• _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Using the word “refresh” seems like quite a stretch here…

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• autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This is the best summary I could come up with:

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  The mystery “Valve 1030” that went through South Korea’s National Radio Research Agency has now been definitively identified as a Steam Deck, and it’s our first proof the hardware’s potentially close enough to release to justify showing it to regulators.

  Quectel filed for a Class II Permission Change to simply allow its certified Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth chip, the FC66E, to retroactively work in a new Steam Deck, too.

  It’s a clever technique — as you can see in the document above, Valve’s supplier is able to argue that the new Steam Deck has a weaker antenna, so its radio emissions don’t need to be retested.

  Valve can hide whatever new features it likes behind the Wi-Fi chip certification because these agencies only tend to regulate radio emissions, not other specs.

  I have to admit it could simply be an existing Steam Deck with a refreshed radio chip if its previous supplier, Realtek, ran out.

  Lynch continues to find code snippets that suggest a wireless PC VR headset is also on the way — I wouldn’t be surprised if Valve announces both items simultaneously.

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