… Meanwhile, the low price and easy access to Steam games made it very appealing to consumers. PC gaming handhelds were technically not new at this point, but the Steam Deck ignited the market to a completely new scale, and it was based on Linux. …
… Related Here's why the Steam Machine will succeed where the desktop PC has always failed PC gaming is TV-unfriendly by design, which is the problem Valve is about to fix forever This update is rather small for the Deck SteamOS 3.9 doesn't need to wow existing users If you're using a Steam Deck dail… …
… Related Valve's Steam Deck didn't just succeed, it quietly changed how PC games are made The PC industry will never be the same The Steam Deck was what SteamOS was waiting for SteamOS became what it was always intended to be Valve's ambitions to make SteamOS a household name started long before the… …
… In fact, the recent pricing changes to the Steam Deck OLED serve as a reminder of that very fact. Hardware margins are tighter than ever, and any dedicated SteamOS gaming machine will need to strike a balance between performance and affordability. …
… Device Price on Release 2026 Average Price Price Increase Steam Deck OLED 1TB $649.99 $1,175.00 +80.8% Lenovo Legion Go 2 Z2 1TB $1,099.99 $1,999.99 +81.9% ASUS ROG Ally X 1TB $799.99 $999.99 +25.0% Some manufacturers are having a tougher time ASUS and Lenovo, among other OEMs, are uniquely vulnera… …
… The Steam Machine is coming this year, so it is bound to launch at a much higher price than what Valve initially planned. I don't see millions of gamers flocking to the Steam Machine as they did to the Steam Deck. …
… Following on from the Steam Deck, Valve decided it was time to leave Nintendo alone for a while and set its sights on Microsoft and Sony. The company is actually wanting to expand its hardware line-up for 2026, consisting of the Steam Machine itself, a new Steam Controller, and the Steam Frame. …
… This is not to say that the Steam Deck was built only and only for gaming. In itself, it's a powerful x86 device that outperforms almost every similarly priced laptop, with 16GB of LPDDR5 memory running at 6400 MT/s, giving it more memory bandwidth than several other budget ultrabooks. …
… However, for anyone running Valve's popular Steam Deck and Steam Deck OLED , the wait will be noticeably longer, as the device is relegated to the second wave. …
… Related Lossless Scaling is the only Steam Deck plugin worth your time, and here's why Every little bit helps with the Steam Deck's aging APU Is it as good as DLSS? …