Gabe Newell, Valve's Owner Confirms His Plans For Steam Deck 2

The most expensive version of Steam Deck 2 became the best seller. (Photo: steamdeck.com screenshot)

JAKARTA - The founder and owner of Valve, Gabe Newell, confirmed that he already has plans for Steam Deck 2. The Steam Deck has indeed become a gaming device that gamers have been eyeing lately.

Steam Deck was first released in Indonesia on February 25th. In fact, in an interview with EDGE magazine in the latest issue, Newell said that the most expensive SKU Deck is the one that is currently the most in demand.

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"Oh yeah. So much so that we thought price entry would be an important factor for Deck's success but it turns out that the most popular SKUs are the most expensive. That's an example of us being a little surprised by what our customers tell us," Deck said. EDGE magazine.

Newell also said that the desire of gamers to have a Steam Deck with horsepower capabilities or whatever was one of the reasons Valve had the thought of making Steam Deck 2. Interestingly, Newell shared the hope that other vendors could make products similar to Steam Deck.

"We expect other hardware vendors in the PC space to take advantage of the work we've done on the software side to create similar and related devices. The first step is to let you play some of the great games out there," says Newell.

According to Newell, one of Steam Deck 2's capabilities is the enhanced Virtual Reality support. The advantage that Steam Deck has is the performance that you can use in VR applications.

"With Steam Deck 2, we make sure that the handheld computer supports virtual reality. Of course, the performance of the next generation Steam Deck is really strong, even though it is the size of a console," said Newell.

Valve's next major hardware project is to provide some of the customizations or settings needed to make each game shine, which makes up the bulk of the Steam Deck catalog.