Steam Deck’s Valve says it won’t do mid-gen refreshes despite releasing six different models

PLAYSTATION has conscionable announced the PS5 Pro, a mid-gen refresh that volition beryllium launching successful November.

It’s not antithetic for companies to merchandise caller models of consoles aft the archetypal release.

PlayStation has the PS5 Slim, and soon the PS5 Pro, portion Xbox launched 2 archetypal models, with three much Xbox Series X|S models released since then.

Nintendo Switch has the Switch Lite and the Switch OLED arsenic a cheaper and much premium mentation of the original.

Gamers spot these antithetic exemplary releases arsenic normal. Some hold for newer models earlier taking the plunge, and others upgrade arsenic soon arsenic a caller exemplary is connected the market.

In an interrogation with Reviews.org, Steam Deck designer, Lawrence Yang, spoke astir Valve’s stance connected releasing caller console models.

He said: “It is important to us, and we’ve tried to beryllium truly clear, we are not doing the yearly cadence.

“We’re not going to bash a bump each year. There’s nary crushed to bash that. 

“And, honestly, from our perspective, that’s not truly just to your customers to travel retired with thing truthful soon that’s lone incrementally better. 

“So we truly bash privation to hold for a generational leap successful compute without sacrificing artillery beingness earlier we vessel the existent 2nd procreation of Steam Deck. 

“But it is thing that we’re excited astir and we’re moving on.”

Despite this, determination has been a caller exemplary of Steam Deck since its archetypal 2022 release.

There were 3 archetypal models, which had smaller retention capacities and an LCD screen, compared to the newer versions that person a brighter OLED screen.

Three OLED models were besides released, and you tin archer which exemplary you ain arsenic the newer models person a reddish powerfulness button.

Steam Decked out

I find these comments from Valve odd, peculiarly fixed that the institution has released six antithetic Steam Deck models successful conscionable implicit 2 years.

In fact, Valve has released much versions of its console than the different large 3 console developers and successful a shorter clip frame.

Perhaps Yang is expressing that going guardant determination volition not beryllium immoderate much yearly releases, contempt having done this until now.

I bash hold that pumping retired caller console versions isn’t just to customers, but Valve volition person to amusement it practices what it preaches going forward.

If you privation to work much astir games connected Steam, cheque retired our Sonic X Shadow Generations review.