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shikamaru317 said:

Ryuu96 said:

Is SteamDeck 2 rumoured or anything? Any information on if it's happening? When it could happen?

How does SteamDeck compare with ASUS Ally in terms of resolution and framerate?

What are your reviews on SteamDeck and ASUS Ally?

I've only seen one SteamDeck 2 leak, and it's from a dubious source. That source said:

• Increase from 800p screen to 900p OLED, while sticking with a 90hz refresh rate
• Zen 4 CPU, up from Zen 2 on SteamDeck 1
• RDNA 4 GPU, up from RDNA 2 on SteamDeck 1, with double the compute units (probably at least a 3x upgrade)
• Higher price tag than SteamDeck 1
• Launch in Q3-Q4 2026

The source is dubious at best, so probably not all that accurate.

As for how the current PC handhelds compare:

Screen- Lenovo Legion Go wins by a landslide, as the only handheld with a 1440p screen, Ally has 1080p and SteamDeck 800p

Specs- Legion Go with a slight edge over ROG Ally, both have the same CPU and GPU but Legion Go has faster RAM, both are a GPU and CPU generation ahead of SteamDeck

Battery Life- Legion Go has the largest battery, but with a caveat that it's higher resolution screen will be more battery draining, so battery life will likely only improve over the others at a lower resolution. ROG Ally and Legion Go both use fast chargers that will charge them in half the time of Steam Deck

OS-Steam Deck is a Linux-based OS, which means only games with Linux ports are playable. You can install Windows on SteamDeck, but buying a Windows License will increase the costs, negating some of it's price advantage over ROG Ally and Legion Go

Upgradeability- Steam Deck is the most upgradeable of the 3, allowing both RAM and SSD upgrades with ease. ROG Ally and Legion Go allow SSD upgrades but both have their RAM soldered to the motherboard.

Price- Steam Deck is the cheapest of the 3 with pricing ranging between $400 and $650 for it's 3 models. ROG Ally and Legion Go both have a high end $700 model, while Ally also has a low end model with a weaker chipset that is closer to Steam Deck in performance for $600

Not entire true. Valve created a compatibility layer called Proton which is what allows Windows based games to play on Linux. A huge majority of the Steam library is compatible with Steam Deck now. 

The big thing that's also held up Windows based handheld PCs is Windows. The OS just doesn't work well with handheld devices like that. But, that does seem to be finally getting addressed with Windows being optimized for handheld PCs, which does help with the rumors about an Xbox handheld. 

If MS is able to nail the OS, that could be a bit of a detriment to Steam Deck because it now offers the same functionality that Steam Deck offered from the start, just with more consumer friendly practices such as right to self repair.