I’m pretty much a Xbox gamer. Rarely play PC. I’m interested in a handheld, would you go with the upcoming ally for Xbox or whatever the Lenovo one is called? I’m not very techy, just want something that’s going to play games for at least the next 5 years. Something with great battery life.
Without knowing too much about handheld devices, at this point, I’d probably wait for the next generation to start coming out.
Like, the Steamdeck 2 can’t be too far off.
And although I don’t have high hopes for Xbox, they have been talking about launching their own handheld.
Steam Deck 2 is very likely a long way away; they’ve said they won’t be doing minor upgrades—only major ones, and the current models still play most modern games just fine without issue. There’s no reason to wait on a Steam Deck if it’s within your budget.
The estimates I’m seeing is only 3 years. But yeah, that’s probably a bit long for OP.
Looking at how there is still no follow up to the Steam VR and controller any attempts at estimates i doubt are based on any facts. Valve works in ways that don’t follow normal business logic.
Just rumors and speculation, for sure.
But the Steamdeck was a good idea and I doubt they’ll leave it “one-and-done”.
And there’s the whole issue with a certain buffoon who doesn’t understand how tariffs work and is currently trying to speedrun an economic collapse, so who knows if the hardware components will be available in three years.
However, unless there’s a significant change in games that makes the current Gen unable to play games, I think it’s likely going to be a great device in three years time. I know that I have no plans to upgrade mine.
Well, it seems at least one company has admitted that only focusing on making games high-end games might have been a bit self-defeating when there’s an even bigger market with slightly older tech they could have been selling to. So there’s that.
I also remember reading somewhere that there’s just been a breakthrough in battery tech (It was probably mostly in regards to electric vehicles, but if it can be be applied to smaller devices, that’s also a good start).
Maybe there doesn’t have to be a sacrifice in battery life on the next-gen Steamdeck. It’s small stuff like this that would make me think that maybe the next gen isn’t too far in the future.
But again, what the hell do I know? I’m a PC guy. Fairly happy with my stationary setup.
I thought I read the steam deck 2 most likely was t happening anytime soon
This is correct.
As I said, I don’t know too much about handheld devices.
But with the Switch 2 having come out, I can only imagine others want to push out something new as soon as possible as well.
However Valve is known for not adhering to such thing and only launching when they have something subtantial to show for.
But I’m pretty sure a bunch of things are in the works from all the big contenders. MS, Sony, Valve and likely others as well.