Valve don't exactly like to give out sales numbers, so we often have to make educated guesses but sometimes with huge hits like Black Myth: Wukong, it gives us a slightly clearer idea on how the Steam Deck is actually selling.

A particularly fun bit:

So then, how about Fortnite on Linux / Steam Deck? Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said when it hits “tens of millions of users” that it “would actually make sense to support it”. We must be pretty close by now right? Why ignore a platform that’s sold multiple millions, and is clearly just continuing to fly off the shelves?

  • rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    The article says “no need for steam deck 2”. Valve is on record saying they wouldn’t do an incremental upgrade, they want to wait until there’s a major advance in the available technology.

      • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Or it being 5 years in the future with significantly more efficient SOC’s and batteries

        That being said, the Nintendo DS’s last US patents should expire in November. Maybe they could do a dual screen?