Valve make no profit on the consoles themselves right? And if the steam deck profit model of making their money off of games applies to games bought on any handheld, then why not let the other companies have the higher end market and all the research and development costs that making a new console needs. Especially because each new generation would need a refresh to stay on top.(more r and d costs) So why wouldnt valve just keep making their current steam deck that runs stuff well enough for them to keep selling games.

  • KlatsBoem@alien.topB
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    11 months ago

    I don’t understand why there is speculation on this, they’ve made public statements in interviews on why it wouldn’t make sense for them to do it yet.

    • having a single performance profile that devs can work to support for a while
    • power vs battery, there have been no new developments yet that can be considered a generational leap already or that deserve leaving behind only 1.5 y/o hardware that still provides a comfortable result (the new oled reveal involves adaptations in the pre-existing profile)