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Steam Deck 2 delay was right choice for Valve as mid-generation refresh would fare better (www.notebookcheck.net)
submitted 2 years ago by [M] to c/steamdeck@lemmy.ml
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[–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Agreed and consoles have been shown to benefit from a longer cycle. Let devs get accustomed with the device and find ways to optimize games and engines for the specific configuration. I could see a mid cycle refresh with a lite version or an OLED/AMOLED screen (like the switch had) while keeping the same architecture.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I was going to make that point, but I don't think the steam deck gets quite the same benefit on optimization. It could, but it needs a lot more volume before devs seriously target it.

    More because they can just sell it on PC and a lot of us will tolerate it pushing the hardware past its limit anyways. A PS5 version has an explicit level of responsibility that the Steam Deck doesn't, unless they're actively advertising it. (That's not deck verified, because developers don't decide that.)

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Yeah, with steam deck it just gets improved by improvements in proton, not a lot of deck specific things are done. I'm noticing games are running smoother on my Linux desktop because of this work.

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