A Steam Deck 2 powered by the newly announced AMD Ryzen Z2 is not in the works, a Valve employee confirmed.
Following the rumors that started circulating online after the announcement of the next-gen AMD APUs for future iterations of portable gaming systems which suggested that a Steam Deck 2 was in the works, Valve’s Pierre-Loup Griffais confirmed on Bluesky that there is and there won’t be a Z2 Steam Deck, specifying how the slide that accompanied the APUs’ announcement was just meant to highlight how they were meant for portable gaming systems, and they were not announcing anything specific.
There is and will be no Z2 Steam Deck. Guessing the slide was meant to say the series is meant for products like that, not announcing anything specific.
— Pierre-Loup Griffais (@plagman.bsky.social) January 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
While we won’t see a Steam Deck 2 powered by any of the AMD Ryzen Z2 APUs announced during CES 2025, it won’t take long to see what the next-generation chips can bring to the portable gaming space. The first APUs will make their debut in the first quarter of the year, which will also likely be when the first portable systems powered by them will appear on the market.
With no Steam Deck 2 on the horizon, the OLED model featuring a much better screen and some light improvements over the base model will continue to be the go-to system for those wishing to enter the portable gaming space with Valve hardware. More information on the original system released back in 2022 can be found in our review.
