The Steam Deck has been fairly a hit for Valve- however how huge precisely? Valve hasn’t precisely launched recent gross sales figures for the gadget at an everyday clip, although fortunately, we have now a little bit of a window into how effectively it has achieved so far.
Reported by The Verge, market analysis analyst agency IDC estimates that the Steam Deck has bought over 3.7 million items worldwide as of the top of 2024 (doubtlessly implying that it could have crossed the 4 million mark by this level).
As per business analyst Lewis Ward, the Steam Deck account for greater than 50 % of all handheld gaming PC {hardware} gross sales in 2023, and 48 % in 2024. Up to now, over 6 million complete items of handheld gaming PCs have been bought, as per IDC estimates.
The Steam Deck launched in February 2022, and by October that 12 months, Valve introduced that it had bought over one million items. Over a 12 months later, the corporate acknowledged that the gadget had bought “a number of million” items.
Valve has acknowledged previously that it intends to work on future iterations of the Steam Deck. That mentioned, the corporate additionally says it received’t launch a Steam Deck 2 except it’s a “generational leap”, which suggests we is perhaps ready some time.