Valve’s Poker Face Around the Steam Deck 2 Is Finally Starting to Crack
Valve has been very closed-lipped about its sequel to the Steam Deck. The company constantly repeats the line that it wants a “generational leap” between the 2022 handheld and one designed for the modern era. Well, we may be getting just that, according to new leaks that show how Steam Deck 2 could be one of the beefy crows on a wire that may also include the powerful PS6 handheld.
- ▪Valve has been very closed-lipped about its sequel to the Steam Deck.
- ▪The company constantly repeats the line that it wants a “generational leap” between the 2022 handheld and one designed for the modern era.
- ▪Well, we may be getting just that, according to new leaks that show how Steam Deck 2 could be one of the beefy crows on a wire that may also include the powerful PS6 handheld.
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Valve has been very closed-lipped about its sequel to the Steam Deck. The company constantly repeats the line that it wants a “generational leap” between the 2022 handheld and one designed for the modern era. Well, we may be getting just that, according to new leaks that show how Steam Deck 2 could be one of the beefy crows on a wire that may also include the powerful PS6 handheld. The mostly reliable leaker and YouTuber Moore’s Law is Dead noticed several message boards referring to a “Gainsborough” chip inside AMD’s driver documents. According to the YouTuber’s own documentation, Gainsborough is indeed a new chip, and at the moment all signs point to it being developed for Valve in what could be a next-gen Steam Deck.
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