Not exactly a surprise but still great to see for Steam Deck fans for the ongoing support from Valve, as the Steam Deck is now firmly the global top seller on Steam once again.
As I reported on previously, until around the end of September 2023, the Steam Deck was consistently in the top 10 on Steam for revenue since the release back in February 2022. Revenue being the key word here, because Valve's lists are based on revenue as they don't give out units sold publicly. Then it dropped globally down to 11th in the week for September 26, 2023 - October 3, 2023 and hovered around 11th - 15th place.
Now that Valve have discounted the LCD models and released the Steam Deck OLED though, this has caused a nice spike in sales for Valve with the Steam Deck jumping up to 4th place for the week November 7, 2023 - November 14, 2023 and now the global top seller once again as of the week for November 14, 2023 - November 21, 2023 and it's still the top seller for the last week as well so it's firmly back.
Valve will of course be happy with this, as they plan to continue supporting all models, and they clearly have plans for a Steam Deck 2 once the hardware becomes available that's a big enough of a performance boost. We don't know how many Steam Decks have been sold but it is now in the "multiple millions" number.
When you look at Komodo who sell the Steam Deck across Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong they're currently listing the Steam Deck OLED models as out of stock right now too - so clearly there's healthy demand there as well.
Depending on availability, you may still be able to pick up a Steam Deck LCD model in 64GB or 512GB until they run out of stock as those models have been discontinued. Or you can go for the 256GB LCD model which is now cheaper, or just grab the excellent Steam Deck OLED in either 512GB or 1TB.
You can buy a Steam Deck directly from Valve.
Have you picked up a Steam Deck recently? Or are you planning to buy one? Let me know in the comments.
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Repetition for emphasis: this is the global top sellers; the other things in the list are sold everywhere but the Deck is only sold in a handful of regions and is selling enough to take the top spot.
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on_en_a_gros 28 Nov 2023
Received my 512 GB steam deck oled last week ( first deck for me). I played sleeping dogs in my bed yesterday evening medium settings 80 FPS what a time to be a gamer 
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My only complaints are the feeling of the button's, it feels like they are stuck in mid travel, and the crackling sound after sleep mode.
.My only complaints are the feeling of the button's, it feels like they are stuck in mid travel, and the crackling sound after sleep mode.
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Yeah, the crackling sound is annoying, but it happens fairly rarely. In some games more than others. More annoying is that some games will just crash (themselves or Steam) when waking up, but that's been happening less and less lately.
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Been playing on my OLED. Screen aside, all the tiny improvements together are noticeable. Trackpads, joysticks, menu buttons, weight, battery, fan noise. It overall just feels like a more polished product.
Biggest downside is the guilt of buying a minor upgrade. I need sell/give away my old Steamdeck so it's not gathering dust.
Biggest downside is the guilt of buying a minor upgrade. I need sell/give away my old Steamdeck so it's not gathering dust.
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ElectricPrism 28 Nov 2023
After having played for hours on the LCD and OLED versions, the LCD does have a certain "charm" [*everything on the LCD is more blue saturated, OLED the oranges and blacks pop] maybe I am used to LCD screens. The OLED is fantastic for viewing angles, the blacks are much more black (no more IRL "you" reflection) -- the new ones are lighter, and all in all feel great.
Their construction was already fantastic, but the OLED in your hands feels like there are sufficient quality of life improvements that Valve is honing their craft delivering an amazing product.
[* Better Joysticks, * Thinner Black Screen Border, 90 refresh rate v 60,] The Trackpads are easier to type on, more precise I guess. Obviously the torx screws are a significant upgrade and the improved thermals, battery, 1nm smaller tech, Triggers feel great, and other stuff.
I've officially started to have "Deck Parties" -- Did a 6 Player 6 Deck party last weekend playing Among Us, I'm looking for more living room Deck style games. I am excited at the prospect of having 16 player gaming nights in the living room again like the Y2K Halo days when you had 4 Xboxes, 4 TVs playing Halo with 12-16 people.
Edit: Can you imagine how much money is sitting on the table -- the Network Effect and multiplication factor on a 12-16 player game is nothing to squeak at -- my prediction -- somebody is going to do the math, get first to the market, blow up on PC-Linux Handheld Ggaming, and then a bunch of big name copy cats are going to show up in envy.
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Still trying to figure out what to play -- DOOM? Apex Legends? Split Gate? Maybe MCC?
Edit 2: I'm also looking for a good racer, LAN PvP -- unfortunately Garfield Kart and Super Indie Kart are not LAN AFAIR :(
Last edited by ElectricPrism on 28 Nov 2023 at 8:42 pm UTC
Their construction was already fantastic, but the OLED in your hands feels like there are sufficient quality of life improvements that Valve is honing their craft delivering an amazing product.
[* Better Joysticks, * Thinner Black Screen Border, 90 refresh rate v 60,] The Trackpads are easier to type on, more precise I guess. Obviously the torx screws are a significant upgrade and the improved thermals, battery, 1nm smaller tech, Triggers feel great, and other stuff.
I've officially started to have "Deck Parties" -- Did a 6 Player 6 Deck party last weekend playing Among Us, I'm looking for more living room Deck style games. I am excited at the prospect of having 16 player gaming nights in the living room again like the Y2K Halo days when you had 4 Xboxes, 4 TVs playing Halo with 12-16 people.
Edit: Can you imagine how much money is sitting on the table -- the Network Effect and multiplication factor on a 12-16 player game is nothing to squeak at -- my prediction -- somebody is going to do the math, get first to the market, blow up on PC-Linux Handheld Ggaming, and then a bunch of big name copy cats are going to show up in envy.
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Still trying to figure out what to play -- DOOM? Apex Legends? Split Gate? Maybe MCC?
Edit 2: I'm also looking for a good racer, LAN PvP -- unfortunately Garfield Kart and Super Indie Kart are not LAN AFAIR :(
Last edited by ElectricPrism on 28 Nov 2023 at 8:42 pm UTC
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Still trying to figure out what to play -- DOOM? Apex Legends? Split Gate? Maybe MCC?
Edit 2: I'm also looking for a good racer, LAN PvP -- unfortunately Garfield Kart and Super Indie Kart are not LAN AFAIR :(
You can search for the games on Steam for LAN Coop.
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Not exactly a surprise but still great to see for Steam Deck fans for the ongoing support from Valve, as the Steam Deck is now firmly the global top seller on Steam once again.So we are continuing the conspiracy theory that Australia doesnt exist???.......
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Got my Steam Deck OLED today, I think the biggest benefits that no one has really mentioned yet is how much lighter the device is (I can comfortably hold it in one hand while I grab a drink) and how much better the trackpads are (much more even to click on and less spongy with much better feedback).
The screen is also noticeably more orange-tinted (only in Game Mode?) which I was able to fix by adjusting the color temperature.
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The screen is also noticeably more orange-tinted (only in Game Mode?) which I was able to fix by adjusting the color temperature.
Last edited by sonic2kk on 28 Nov 2023 at 10:40 pm UTC
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Well of course it doesn't. Come on, all those ludicrous things you tell us about this supposed place . . . you didn't think we believed them, did you?Not exactly a surprise but still great to see for Steam Deck fans for the ongoing support from Valve, as the Steam Deck is now firmly the global top seller on Steam once again.So we are continuing the conspiracy theory that Australia doesnt exist???.......
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gradyvuckovic 29 Nov 2023
The combo of Proton and Steam Deck feels like the greatest strokes of genius that Valve has ever had as a company, aside from the Steam Platform itself. The wonders it's doing for the Linux gaming scene can't be overstated but the positive long term impact it has for Valve as a company is also tremendous.
Plus, it is just such a damn good product.
It's not often these days you buy something and feel like you got a particularly great value for money in return. Somehow despite the price tag of the Deck, and even the cost of importing it to Australia, it has felt like 'a bargain' for the amount of use and joy I've gotten out of it.
Part of that just comes down to the degree of thought and effort Valve have put into the design and the quality of the build. They've clearly gotten very good at building hardware and that's encouraging for their future as a company.
The value all of this adds for a Steam user is incredible and really sets Steam apart from any competition. Meanwhile, we're all reaping the benefits of the improved gaming experience on Linux, growing marketshare, and 'the best handheld gaming PC' is a Linux PC with Arch with an amazing UX! What more could we want?
Plus, it is just such a damn good product.
It's not often these days you buy something and feel like you got a particularly great value for money in return. Somehow despite the price tag of the Deck, and even the cost of importing it to Australia, it has felt like 'a bargain' for the amount of use and joy I've gotten out of it.
Part of that just comes down to the degree of thought and effort Valve have put into the design and the quality of the build. They've clearly gotten very good at building hardware and that's encouraging for their future as a company.
The value all of this adds for a Steam user is incredible and really sets Steam apart from any competition. Meanwhile, we're all reaping the benefits of the improved gaming experience on Linux, growing marketshare, and 'the best handheld gaming PC' is a Linux PC with Arch with an amazing UX! What more could we want?
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Biggest downside is the guilt of buying a minor upgrade. I need sell/give away my old Steamdeck so it's not gathering dust.
It's Valve evil plan how to convert people to linux. They release minor update which linux users need to buy and then they give old one to win/mac family members. Second hand steamdecks are devilish plan of lord Gaben to attack windows market share
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I think at some point, Steams Top 10 list is just going to start saying to the Deck: Never gonna give you up, Never gonna let you down, Never gonna run around and put another game up.
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ElectricPrism 29 Nov 2023
Still trying to figure out what to play -- DOOM? Apex Legends? Split Gate? Maybe MCC?
Edit 2: I'm also looking for a good racer, LAN PvP -- unfortunately Garfield Kart and Super Indie Kart are not LAN AFAIR :(
You can search for the games on Steam for LAN Coop.
Yeah I already did that and the tags weren't too helpful. I bought a few of them, and have to return 1 since the term "Multiplayer" was used ambiguously to mean "Multiplayer on 1 Big Screen"
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"Multiplayer" isn't the tag you want to look for.Still trying to figure out what to play -- DOOM? Apex Legends? Split Gate? Maybe MCC?
Edit 2: I'm also looking for a good racer, LAN PvP -- unfortunately Garfield Kart and Super Indie Kart are not LAN AFAIR :(
You can search for the games on Steam for LAN Coop.
Yeah I already did that and the tags weren't too helpful. I bought a few of them, and have to return 1 since the term "Multiplayer" was used ambiguously to mean "Multiplayer on 1 Big Screen"
LAN co-op
LAN PvP
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ElectricPrism 29 Nov 2023
"Multiplayer" isn't the tag you want to look for.Still trying to figure out what to play -- DOOM? Apex Legends? Split Gate? Maybe MCC?
Edit 2: I'm also looking for a good racer, LAN PvP -- unfortunately Garfield Kart and Super Indie Kart are not LAN AFAIR :(
You can search for the games on Steam for LAN Coop.
Yeah I already did that and the tags weren't too helpful. I bought a few of them, and have to return 1 since the term "Multiplayer" was used ambiguously to mean "Multiplayer on 1 Big Screen"
LAN co-op
LAN PvP
Thank you for offering your insight and leads to actual help. I never thought to look for a tag "LAN PvP" (especially under a entirely different heading) -- for as long as I can remember it's always been classified as "Multiplayer" so hopefully that is the missing link?
Admittedly, I wasn't being 100% precise when pulling the term "multiplayer" from memory. The Steam Deck autumn sales page had several variations of the tag,
I think there are some good leads here, thank you :)
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Actually, I am pleased for the OLED steam deck. Because of that I was able to buy LCD version on a good price.
I am pretty sure many of you will enjoy OLED version but I personally enjoy LCD version, knowing it cost me much less than original price. ;)
Have a good gaming.
I am pretty sure many of you will enjoy OLED version but I personally enjoy LCD version, knowing it cost me much less than original price. ;)
Have a good gaming.
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After having played for hours on the LCD and OLED versions, the LCD does have a certain "charm" [*everything on the LCD is more blue saturated, OLED the oranges and blacks pop]
have you tried to adjust color temperature?
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Edit 2: I'm also looking for a good racer, LAN PvP -- unfortunately Garfield Kart and Super Indie Kart are not LAN AFAIR :(maybe supertux kart? i cant remember if it support lan, but its open source so in the worst case scenario...
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What more could we want?games that use the unique control schemes that the deck have...
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I got my OLED Deck on Monday... played Fall Guys (Steam version could now become verified, as they added Proton Easy Anti-Cheat to the additional dependencies) and The Witness on it so far.
The LCD Deck is of course still awesome, but being able to directly compare both devices OLED vs LCD next to each other, I can see and feel the improvements. Buttons less squishy, trackpads have sigificantly improved, the slight decrease in weight, the longer battery life... and yes the screen of course. Just little improvements, but really well done over all.
Even though I also tested the ROG Ally and the Legion Go, I'd still recommend a Steam Deck. At least for the gaming aspect. Price is unbeaten (though the ROG Ally recently got a price drop) and though even the other two devices do have their unique selling points, regarding the complete package, Steam Deck is imho still the best option.
Increcible how these little PC gaming handheld devices have changed my gaming habits. I'm way less at my desktop now. I even learnt to manage how to play shooters (not in a skilled way though) with gamepad controls, where I thought I'd never be able to play them without keyboard (or MoveMaster for me) or mouse.
The LCD Deck is of course still awesome, but being able to directly compare both devices OLED vs LCD next to each other, I can see and feel the improvements. Buttons less squishy, trackpads have sigificantly improved, the slight decrease in weight, the longer battery life... and yes the screen of course. Just little improvements, but really well done over all.
Even though I also tested the ROG Ally and the Legion Go, I'd still recommend a Steam Deck. At least for the gaming aspect. Price is unbeaten (though the ROG Ally recently got a price drop) and though even the other two devices do have their unique selling points, regarding the complete package, Steam Deck is imho still the best option.
Increcible how these little PC gaming handheld devices have changed my gaming habits. I'm way less at my desktop now. I even learnt to manage how to play shooters (not in a skilled way though) with gamepad controls, where I thought I'd never be able to play them without keyboard (or MoveMaster for me) or mouse.
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