I take that Valve just doesn’t fully understand the console market yet. In the console world companies such as Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo announce they are working on a mid gen refresh or next gen system long before it happens so people don’t make the mistake of thinking no new hardware is coming out soon. (Like I did back in June of this year) one thing people don’t not understand about the Steam Deck is that it’s not meant to those of us that own a Steam Deck already. It’s meant to be refreshed version to appeal more new Steam deck owners. Nintendo has been doing similar stuff like this with their handhelds for a while where they make a refresh version of their handhelds sometimes big sometimes small. The Switch oled is like the Steam Deck oled in which they are just a refresh of the current console with minor updates. Still keeping the same power. I just hope Valve learns from this experience and announces whatever future refreshes or next gen decks months before they happen. Valve doesn’t need to keep pulling the whole “surprise out of nowhere Steam deck is here” for future systems after the very version of the deck.
Why do we do this every time? Why do we create fake outrage? No one is saying this and if someone did it was like 1 or 2 people
This is the first meme here I actually like , bravo to you
Do you have splinters from making that strawman
Luckily my wife would be glad to take my old one to play dave the diver on the go or something similar so I’m ready to throw down on the 16th :P
Haha yup! As soon as I told my wife she was like 👀
I need to get that game, it looks so damn fun
Exactly. Everyone is missing the hand-me down potential here
I am going to make a Deck farm, perform quantum computing and break the internet. **evil laugh**
I’m just happy to see more Linux everywhere.
I’m gonna buy the oled and give my old one to my friend
I love my Q3 Steam Deck, but OLED tho
I haven’t seen anyone call it a cash grab. Most people saying they’re fine with their current one are still stoked because it shows they listen to customer feedback and it means these upgrades will be reflected in the Steam Deck 2 eventually.
The only people I’ve seen upset are people who recently bought they’re Deck but they’re outside of the return window, since this is a better deal for a better product, which is understandable but they’re upset about the circumstance or the timing, not the better product at a great price.
I don’t really doubt they will have some kind of trade in program later in the future
If you haven’t already check out the Facebook group Steam Deck Community. Most of the comments and Posts on there are people bitching about it being a Cash Grab or that it was not a real upgrade. I get whiplash going from Reddit Community Comments to the Facebook Community comments. One is fairly respectful discourse and the other is less intelligent statements or people insulting each other. But what should I expect, I guess.
I got the 512 in within the first hour preorder and have regrets now that the upgrade is so easy and cheap, but I’ve also played tons on it since around launch.
It’s unlikely I’ll get the new version as Ive already spent enough this year on other things(mostly vr related)and rarely play the deck not connected to a power source, but valve knew these were the issues and I’m glad they didn’t wait until steam deck 2 to address them.
I haven’t seen anyone call it a cash grab.
Literally zero.
I have, it’s definitely something a few people are saying
Yup, this is just a super pro-consumer move.
- discount existing products
- add new products with improved features
- not just a few new features… address just about every pain point anyone has at least partially
- don’t hike up prices
- continue supporting old hardware long-term
- VRR and HDR support
- maintain same APU to entice devs to keep optimizing for it
Like bro, what more could you possibly want from a company?
it means these upgrades will be reflected in the Steam Deck 2 eventually.
There’s absolutely no guarantee that is the case.
There have been a lot of “this is a slap in the face” type of comments from misguided people who don’t seem to realize that new tech constantly comes out in the PC space
Fully with the Double Up movement 👍🏿
A lot of them were just upset that they didn’t get an announcement for the announcement so they would know that the announcement was coming and didn’t take the hint about the last Deck sale was the announcement for the announcement.
Personally, I’m plagued by being broke and having to take care of a house.
when it gets first party Windows support it will definitely be a worthy upgrade.
Chad move is being happy with what you got and waiting for SteamDeck 2. Not impulse buying a second SteamDeck because of FOMO about a better screen and battery life.
Giga chad move is being happy w/ what you have, be supportive to those who wish to upgrade, and email Gabe w/ a thumbs up and no explanation
whenever steam deck 2 rolls around ill probably just consider the xboxgo or the psanywhere due to this.
There is a difference in buying cuz of FOMO and buying because oled is vastly superior to a shitty lcd
Chad move is buying yourself an OLED, then giving your OLED to your kid when you get a Deck 2.
FOMO about a better screen and battery life.
And the bigger internal storage, can’t forget that.
I dont use my steam deck enough to garner an upgrade. Not only that, everything has been tinkered so finely that even the thought of replacing my device for a few mi or spec bumps would be a waste of money. Im just happy to have a steam deck in general, the device is something out of a dream.