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.