yeah, bet people will just love that

logically, i dont see how it wouldnt improve things, if nothing else, save the ssd from some unnecessary writes

if you just bought it, you might still be able to return it if you want the upgrade instead, reselling at discount is also an option

their system is barely out and its a niche product on a growing market of niche portable gaming pcs.

announcing a steamdeck any sooner than they have any need to would only harm their profits with the hardware, which currently are strongly leveraged on them being the price to performance winner.

also a new system would be much more expensive and that will make it much harder to sell their stuff