- Valve’s refurbished Steam Deck OLED is now extra inexpensive than a brand new LCD mannequin
- It is now 20% cheaper than model new OLED fashions
- Inventory is probably going low within the US, already out of inventory within the UK
Valve’s Steam Deck OLED fashions have been competing with the likes of the Asus ROG Ally and the Lenovo Legion Go – and now, the competitors grows with refurbished OLED fashions less expensive than new choices, and virtually as low-cost because the one remaining LCD mannequin.
Based on Tom’s {Hardware}, the Steam Deck OLED is now 20% cheaper than the brand new 512GB and 1TB fashions, with the previous priced at $439 and the latter at $519. That is through Valve’s licensed refurbished program, with units which can be totally examined and purposeful together with the one-year guarantee you’ll get with a brand new mannequin (extra relying in your area).
Whereas the Steam Deck OLED is not practically as highly effective because the ROG Ally or Lenovo Legion Go (each use the Z1 Excessive APU), it stands as a reliable system throughout a number of video games – it has a 90Hz show with added HDR help and the potential for 1000 nits of peak brightness, in comparison with the LCD’s 600 nits.
Whereas these refurbished choices can be found within the UK and the US, all choices (together with LCD) are presently out of inventory within the UK. When you’re within the US, the one refurbished fashions out there are the 2 OLED 512GB and 1TB choices – primarily based on how briskly this went out of inventory within the UK, you may wish to act now earlier than it is too late.
What does this imply for competitors with different handheld gaming PCs?
As I’ve beforehand talked about, the Steam Deck LCD and OLED do not actually come near offering the identical degree of efficiency as different newer handheld gaming PCs – each the Asus ROG Ally and Lenovo Legion Go outperform the system at the next 1080p decision, and that is much more of a case with the Ally X.
When you aren’t too bothered about attaining excessive efficiency on a handheld, and also you’re extra involved about show high quality, then the Steam Deck OLED or the Lenovo Legion Go are the 2 units to think about. Nonetheless, with this value drop of the refurbished OLED fashions, I might greater than doubtless go for Valve’s well-liked gaming system over Lenovo’s costly Legion Go at MSRP.
There is not any phrase on whether or not a successor to the Steam Deck is occurring, but when it ever does, I hope the processor used will be capable of match or no less than come near what Asus, Lenovo, and MSI’s choices.
