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?

  • jonne@infosec.pub
    3·
    3 months ago

    Even if they were working on it, they wouldn’t tell, otherwise a bunch of people would be waiting on the steam deck 2 instead of buying the current one.

    • callouscomic@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      They’re gonna make a Black Myth 2? We’ll shit, I can skip the first one.

      Alternatively…

      What if they might make a Steam Deck 3? Better skip the 2nd one as well.

      • TechieDamien@lemmy.ml
        3·
        3 months ago

        We all know there isn’t going to be a steam deck 3. Best we can offer is a steam deck 2 episode 2.

      • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        That’s a poor comparison, as Black Myth has just come out and games take a long time to develop. And the Steam Deck 2 literally doesn’t exist yet.

        If Nintendo announced a Switch 2 tomorrow, saying it’s compatible with existing Switch games, do you think sales of the Switch would go up, or down?

      • ekZepp@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        The Deck is a beauty, but let’s face it, people would “run” to buy a deck 2. We had thousands selling their old handheald when the new oled model came out and it was barely a (very good) mid-gen upgrade.