I’m just thinking out loud here.
Steam Deck 2 is a long way away, and I think that’s great. Giving developers a specific hardware target is crucial, and having consumers feel like they need to immediately upgrade is bad.
However, I think there is room for an advanced SD that’s not necessarily “new” but just an external improvement over the existing model at a higher price tier for those looking for a premium experience.
Also I’m going to be nitpicking here, don’t take that the wrong way, I love the SD but it does have some weak points.
So then Steam Deck LE would be identical to the current one with the exception of:
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The screen. Wow this is probably the greatest weakness of the SD. A larger display with smaller bezels and better color accuracy would go a long way to improving the experience.
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Hall Effect joysticks. Again, nitpicking here but it’d be nice to see a premium version with these included.
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1TB SSD. I originally bought the 64GB version thinking I would just use an SD card no problem. But the ridiculous amount of shader cache, the various Proton versions (~1GB each) and some other software like EmuDeck and Heroic, as well as the annoyance of moving things back and forth had me upgrading quickly to a 1TB, which immediately ended all of those concerns.
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Different color ways. I’m partial to white but a transparent purple version would be nice to see also.
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At least 1 more USB-C port… so we can do things like video out while charging.
What else would you like to see added?
I just want to be able to download games in the background with the screen off. My internet is crappy at times and I don’t really like leaving the screen on overnight just to download a game or two.
A “finish downloading this, then turn off” feature would certainly be a nice addition.
Doesn’t that exist already? If I leave the deck on downloading a game it will turn off after.
It does, but only on charge.
I’ve said this elsewhere, but every other PC has an “update and shut down” feature.
Well, that’s a software feature.
I noticed recently that mine will actually go to sleep after it finishes an update/install.
I switch to Desktop mode, change the power settings to have the screen turn off, but disable auto-sleep, and then just let the Desktop Steam download the updates.
I’ll give it a shot thanks!
I agree, it’s a bit annoying. Maybe you could put it in desktop mode, and configure it to turn screen off but not go to sleep? It’ll still do updates then.
I heard that this works on desktop mode, but never tried myself
You can sorta do it with a shutdown +90 terminal command (or whatever you estimate the time to be).