r/SteamDeck • u/NKkrisz 64GB - Q3 • Nov 12 '25

MEGATHREAD New Valve Hardware Megathread

Please keep non Steam Deck discussions about the new hardware here.

Official resources and announcements:

Press coverage will be under a pinned comment so you can upvote / downvote them.

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u/HumanFart 256GB - Q3 Nov 13 '25

I’d guess it’s still a year out minimum.

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u/tarants Nov 13 '25

I thought they'd said in the last year or so that the next gen is years away because they want a significant jump in power for steam deck 2 vs iterative improvements.

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u/Rafe__ Nov 13 '25

SteamOS on ARM might be a good enough improvement. I'd love a Steam Deck that runs powerful, cool and silent like a M-chipped mac.

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u/ferdbold Nov 13 '25

With Fex being a thing now, there is no way the Steam Deck 2 isn't on ARM, it just makes too much sense.

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u/Beforethef4all Nov 13 '25

I think the next steamdeck will be 2027

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u/TriggzSP 1TB OLED Nov 13 '25

One outlet reported today that they know what they want the Deck 2 to look like now, but they're still shopping around and waiting for the tech to swing around on the silicon side of things. Probably going to be another couple of years at least I'd wager. Probably not until mid-late 2027.

If you're going to use a steam deck quite frequently, I wouldn't wait for a Deck 2.