Where is the fucking hardware revision

where is the fucking hardware revision

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Why does it need one?
It's a tablet with controllers attached that runs Linux.
Plenty of other handhelds/tablets you can buy if you feel like the Deck is too underpowered.
I'd rather the next Valve machine is something we haven't seen done (well) before, like a revised Steam Machine.

Steam Machine

Why does it need one?
It's a PC that runs SteamOS.

What PCs have their own custom peripherals?

Plays everything worth a shit still

If you're a retard that wants a handheld computer that'll die in 6 minute you can

If you're a smartard that wants to you can just overclock the deck and only use it docked

When chiplets get more common, because we're on a "if you want more transistors, you pay more" world.

What do you mean custom? It's xinput

Literally every PC? You can use any peripheral with any PC as long as there's a compatible port to connect it to and a driver to make it work.

There isn't a chip good enough yet. You can buy one of the windows handhelds if you want a little more juice, but the difference is not big enough to merit a refresh.

Deckie cope and Valve perpetuated lie
also:

no way, goy!! There's not enough of a jump in performance in chips. Keep buying the Deck 1.

drops Deck 2

You don't understand.
The Steam Machine had it's own custom controller with a unique design that has never been replicated since. The Deck's gamepad is also unique btw, but other handhelds have taken enough cues from it (like the touchpads and back buttons) to put us into a market where every PC handheld is just an iteration on the Steam Deck.
There is nothing like Steam Machines in the current era.
Consolized prebuilds are a dead market.
You can build a custom Steam Machine sized PC if you're willing to spend more on SFF/Mini-ITX, but then everything good and advantageous about a targeted platform goes out the window.

It's going to discourage developers to optimize for Steam Deck if they keep pumping out new versions like iPhones every year.

I mean specifically the Steam Deck is fucked because you have to

Already be a steam user

This probably means you ALREADY have a gaming PC so you'd have to be the EXTREMELY niche demographic of people who buy more than one PC

The rest of them are just fucked because the people making them are kinda retarded

Overspecs making battery life shit

Software support isn't there at best

Shit like ASUS threatening to ship a disassembled unit back to a customer because of a very minor scratch on the exterior surface they were demanding the cost of an entire display assembly replacement (It was sent in for a thumbstick replacement)

You don't actually have to be steam user. you can own for example switch, ps5 and a steamdeck and still get a fuckton of games on steamdeck that aren't available on other platforms

The Deck, in terms of the market, is just a gateway drug into the PC/Steam ecosystem for consoletards. Someone without a PC will benefit more from a Deck than someone who has a competent PC. For a console gamer, the Deck is standalone platform whereas for a PC gamer it's supplementary.

The OLED was the revision. Deck 2 isn't coming until 2026 the earliest, maybe even 2027. If you want a umpc with good hardware just get a Legion/Ally 2, or just wait for UDNA ones. What does it matter when all games run like shit this year anyway.

Not until UDNA comes out. Wait until 2027.

A Steam Machine 2 is fucking terrible idea becuase why not just build a micro PC with SteamOS on it?

If they sold a Steam Controller 2.0 and put an Oculink port into the Steam Deck 2, I'd be complete.

The only game that looks somewhat promising for Deck the rest of this year is Stellar Blade and I really doubt they'll manage anything higher than 30fps/low. You know it's bad even even the Z1E devices can't even maintain 40fps on the IDTech engine with vaseline upscaling smeared all over the game. Everything that's out right now is outdated for AAA especially the 'eck/Switch 2.

Barring exceptions like getting one from Japan since Japan is weird, YES, you do have to be a Steam User to order one.
Now it's entirely possible for someone to for the first time hear about steam, make an account, and order a steam deck.
But it's EXTREMELY unlikely.

I have them in normal tech shops in my country. Overpriced as fuck but still available.

I fucking checked and you can just buy them with only your email adress needed. no need to make an account before ordering one. You can continue as a guest

They're too busy trying to make VR a thing. Which is infuriating because I just want a comfy steam controller 2 before my last one finally kicks the bucket and VR is dead and gay and lame.

Interesting, but, still, the likelihood of someone hearing specifically about a steam deck but not already being a PC gamer is pretty low.
Like even here where you get hourly tantrums from the Nintendo Fans about it.

It's not about being pc or console gamer. some people just live under a rock and don't even know what Nintendo Switch is.

Pretty sure they moved on from VR after alyx.

nope, deckard's coming out this year

Every search result is a rumor

Does your uncle work at valve?

Honestly I'd be happy with the VR thing if it was just easy and not a pain in the ass to play my already existing 200+ games on a fuckhuge virtual display on my couch.
Maybe some 3D gaming.
Maybe SteamHome finally gets an update and you can have a whole ass Virtual room to play some Steam Remote play games with your friends if we're getting crazy.
I'd be happier if this functionality made it to my Index, but beggars can't be choosers.
I do want a Steam Controller 2 though, for playing the few games on my couch that are kind of annoying to play with the 2014 steam controller, the thumbstick on mine after 11 years is kind of melting too, which is honestly impressive, because I'm so corrosive most shit just immediately fucking melts, but they've stuck around for quite a while

Valve is waiting for 2x performance uplift on a non retardedly expensive node. We are probably 2 years away from that.

I'll buy a 300$ rog ally if valve doesn't make one in the next year.

The fact is there's no reason to own a handhelds that is vastly more powerful then a steam deck because there's no good modern games.

The last good year for videogames was in 2015 with games like Witcher 3, Bloodborne, and dying light.

In my head, they would sell the new motherboard along with an enclosure and power supply for your existing motherboard so you can continue to use it as a pc or turn it into a home server or whatever

I think having other OEMs at all was the mistake. Too many different products with different hardware is too complicated for the average consumer