Will anything dethrone the Steam Deck? Probably not

While other vendors continually push out new handheld pc models, sticking similar internals into different shell designs and gradually bumping up RAM or the Processor, the Steam Deck just keeps selling like hot tasty cakes.

There's multiple other devices out there now that are in a few ways more powerful than the Steam Deck, but that hasn't seemed to matter a whole lot to Valve. Especially since the release of the Steam Deck OLED, which was a pretty huge upgrade, it's constantly a global top seller for Valve.

I've been tracking it over time from their public list, which is done by revenue (not units sold), and of course the price of the Steam Deck compared with games and DLC is a lot higher, but when you think about how many units the likes of ELDEN RING and other top games sell - it's clear Valve are shifting a lot of Steam Deck units still.

Here's the latest data based on the global position:

When compared with other vendors like GPD, AYANEO, ASUS and all the others, Valve of course have the Steam store to back it up. Other vendors don't really have anything like that, so Valve are in a more unique position to stick to one main model. And when Valve discount it, people will continue to flock to it. Other vendors continue to be a gamble, as you buy one model and they're probably just about to move onto their next.

This has so many benefits for players as well though, like good consistent support and constant software upgrades. You only have to look at the new built-in Game Recording feature to see, and the upcoming SteamOS 3.6 that recently moved from Preview to Beta that again brings in some big additions.

Currently there's 15,398 games for Steam Deck rated to be Playable or Verified:

• Verified: 5,047
• Playable: 10,351
• Unsupported: 4,297

Oh yeah, the title, will anything dethrone the Steam Deck? Probably not. Well, not until the Steam Deck 2.