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The difference between the two is that consoles, typically, have never come out on a yearly cadence.

Were not going to do a bump every year.

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It depends on your lens.

If the Steam Deck is a gaming console, then a non-yearly cadence makes sense.

Were not going to do a bump every year.

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Theres no reason to do that.

“That’s what I think we’d call a Steam Deck 2.0.”

Still, we might not see that machine for at least two to three more years.

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