Valve confirmed that the first of its previously announced hardware products, the Steam Controller, would be making its way to players next week on May 4, after several leaks had already ruined the surprise. While the aftermath of the official confirmation hasn't provided any meaningful updates on other upcoming bits of hardware like the Steam Machine and Steam Frame, we did get a slight update on the Steam Deck 2, of all things.
It's been over four years since Valve boss Gabe Newell confirmed that yes, the company did indeed have plans for a Steam Deck 2. Since then, Valve made it clear that it wasn't just going to slap a new screen or a couple of small fixes into the Steam Deck and call it a full-blown sequel. It wants the upgrade to be "significant."
Then, just after the reveal of the Steam Machine, Steam Controller, and Steam Frame in November last year, Valve brought up the Steam Deck 2 again, and reiterated that it'll still be a while before we see anything on the upgraded handheld, but said that it has "a pretty good idea" of what the next-gen handheld will look like.
Now, in an interview with IGN, Valve programmer Pierre-Loup Griffais was once again made to answer a question about the Steam Deck 2, and simply provided a small update on the handheld, which is that the company is "hard at work" on it.
"We're hard at work on it," Griffais said. "And obviously every step of the way, if you look at our hardware projects over the years, you can draw a straight line from original Steam Controller and Steam Machines to Steam Deck to everything that we're announcing and shipping this year. And we expect Steam Deck 2 will be a lot of the same, where a lot of what we're doing here will be learnings that build up to it."
What's also interesting to note, though, is that while Griffais says the company is working hard on the Steam Deck 2, it's also working hard on even making the first generation of the Steam Deck available for people to purchase. Griffais acknowledged that the handheld is out of stock in some regions, and that while Valve didn't have any specific details to share, said that "there's a lot of considerations right now with respect to shipping being difficult, and also memory shortages and all that."
"So we've been trying to work through that because we are very cognizant of the fact that there's folks that want to get Steam Deck and they're not currently able to get it. It's available in some regions right now, but in general, it's something that we're working very hard on."
Hopefully, between now and the Steam Deck 2's rumoured 2028 release window, the RAM crisis can die down enough so that both the Steam Deck and Steam Deck 2 are in ample supply for anyone who wants to take their gaming library on the go.
About the author: David has been writing about videogames, technology, and culture since 2020, with a focus on reporting daily news across multiple publications, including GameDaily.Biz, GameSkinny, and PlayStation Universe before joining Wccftech in 2025. David started contributing as Canada/US reporter for Wccftech's gaming section in 2025. Besides being up-to-date on the industry's movements, he loves interviewing developers, reviewing games, and writing intricate essays about the symbolism and layered meanings to be found in rich narratives as he's done for publications like GamesIndustry.Biz, LostInCult, and others. Outside of games he loves movies, music, theatre, his hometown, and his family, though not necessarily in that order.
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