• DrManhattan@lemmy.design
    12·
    2 years ago

    I assume they’ll discount it again during either the autumn or winter sales. Maybe both.

    Nov 21 - Nov 28, 2023: Steam Autumn Sale Dec 21, 2023 - Jan 4, 2024: Steam Winter Sale

  • sic_semper_tyrannis@feddit.ch
    7·
    2 years ago

    I would think so. Their APU can’t keep up with the 7840U found in so many other handhelds now. Lots of people are going to the ROG Ally and Ayeneo options among others

    • NoXPhasma@lemmy.world
      14·
      2 years ago

      At the moment, the Ally makes news about their bad build quality. I’m curious for how long the hype about that device will last, the Steam Deck still holds up so far.

      • cron@feddit.de
        6·
        2 years ago

        I’d estimate that the refresh cycles are more like consoles (5y) than PCs (1y). But noone really knows.

        • TheHalc@sopuli.xyz
          3·
          2 years ago

          I suspect it will come somewhere between the two, something like two and a half to three years.

          I wouldn’t be surprised to see a Steam Deck 2 towards the end of next year.

          • NightOwlEnglish
            1·
            2 years ago

            I’m hoping for Deckard first before another Deck.

        • Muddybulldog@mylemmy.win
          1·
          2 years ago

          The deck uses a SOC… putting aside the fact that it directly soldered to the motherboard you can’t replace these components individually. The only possible approach would be an entire motherboard swap.

  • JoeKrogan@lemmy.world
    5·
    2 years ago

    I would assume it will go on sale again as it is in valves interest to have more deck users. They can also use it to bump up sales if deck sales are slowing as people on the fence will be more likely to buy it at a discount.