I think you’re right, it’ll probably end up like the smart phone race. From their inception until about 2014, there was a new generation of smart phone every few months and each new flagship model blew the doors off the older ones from hardware, performance, and specs perspectives. Now a days it’s really not necessary to buy the flagship phone, the entry and medium tier phones are 99% as good under the hood but are only missing some gimmick feature or have less storage space or something.
I think the portable gaming PC industry is going to be the same way. Look at how fast Asus brought their device to market once the Deck picked up popularity and it was called the Deck Killer because of that Z1 Extreme APU and how much better it is on paper. Then Lenovo released their product recently and it’s supposed to make its competitors obsolete with its extra features. Now Valve is out here building a better product to compete with those guys and more while keeping the things that make the Deck great (like how smooth SteamOS is and the double track pads).
It’s cool to see the renaissance of a new tech era unfold right before our eyes. Unfortunately it’ll probably taper off in the next 5 years just because technology advances and the ability to shrink our tech down can only move so fast.
There will always be a newer and shinier toy, Always.
Especially now that the industry is dead focused on ARM chips due to their efficiency and lower battery consumption.
So I expect a new cooler handheld to come up every few months just like gaming laptops did back in the day (now they are standard).
Enjoy what you have and save your $$$ for the SD2.
And yes, it may appear as I take a big dose of copium, but shut up.
I think you’re right, it’ll probably end up like the smart phone race. From their inception until about 2014, there was a new generation of smart phone every few months and each new flagship model blew the doors off the older ones from hardware, performance, and specs perspectives. Now a days it’s really not necessary to buy the flagship phone, the entry and medium tier phones are 99% as good under the hood but are only missing some gimmick feature or have less storage space or something.
I think the portable gaming PC industry is going to be the same way. Look at how fast Asus brought their device to market once the Deck picked up popularity and it was called the Deck Killer because of that Z1 Extreme APU and how much better it is on paper. Then Lenovo released their product recently and it’s supposed to make its competitors obsolete with its extra features. Now Valve is out here building a better product to compete with those guys and more while keeping the things that make the Deck great (like how smooth SteamOS is and the double track pads).
It’s cool to see the renaissance of a new tech era unfold right before our eyes. Unfortunately it’ll probably taper off in the next 5 years just because technology advances and the ability to shrink our tech down can only move so fast.