Two big things have arrived. The first is that you can attempt to grab the sleek looking Steam Deck OLED: Limited Edition White right now, and the Steam Deck is now available in Australia.
The new Limited Edition White costs £599 / $679 and has the same specifications as the 1TB OLED. Although, you do get an exclusive Limited Edition White carrying case, startup movie, and virtual keyboard theme. Valve said they've "allocated stock proportionally across all regions, and restricting purchases to 1 unit per account" and that to purchase your account "must have made a Steam purchase before November 2024 and be in good standing".
Once it's gone, it's gone. So if you're somehow still on the fence, now might be the best time to get one of the coolest-looking models.
Australia also joins then list of supported regions for the Steam Deck officially now too. Prices for Australia are:
- 256GB LCD: $649.00 AUD
- 512GB OLED: $899.00 AUD
- 1TB OLED: $1049.00 AUD
See more on the Steam Deck store page.
Will you be grabbing the White model, or are you in Australia buying officially? Let me know in the comments.
Yeah, gotta work out if I get this one or wait for Steam Deck 2 now
AFAIK Valve developers commented that their intended Steam Deck release cycle would be (estimated no less than 4 years intervals, certainly not following the gpu trend of 1 or 2 years) -- this presents fewer targets for game developers and allows purchasers to enjoy their handheld consoles longer instead of be obsoleted every year or two.
Meanwhile New Zealand must be fuming as no mention of it in the release notes..
My NZ friends notoriously would fly for years to Aussy if they needed new gear (eg: Apple), so I've just been under the impression that 'It's a kiwi thang'.
Yeah, gotta work out if I get this one or wait for Steam Deck 2 now
AFAIK Valve developers commented that their intended Steam Deck release cycle would be (estimated no less than 4 years intervals, certainly not following the gpu trend of 1 or 2 years) -- this presents fewer targets for game developers and allows purchasers to enjoy their handheld consoles longer instead of be obsoleted every year or two.
Meanwhile New Zealand must be fuming as no mention of it in the release notes..
My NZ friends notoriously would fly for years to Aussy if they needed new gear (eg: Apple), so I've just been under the impression that 'It's a kiwi thang'.
My Australian friends, (me being Australian)
ascribe Australian nationality to any New Zealander who has success on the world stage. Something that annoys my New Zealand friends incredibly.
I have no doubt that Australian release includes NZ. Or is at least included in the postage.
Yeah, gotta work out if I get this one or wait for Steam Deck 2 now, meanwhile New Zealand must be fuming as no mention of it in the release notes..Don't expect a Deck 2 any time soon. If you wait you'll miss out on a couple of years of Deck gaming.
Yeah, gotta work out if I get this one or wait for Steam Deck 2 now, meanwhile New Zealand must be fuming as no mention of it in the release notes..
I was playing FF7 Remake with HDR on my OLED Deck the other night at 60fps. If you wait, you might be able to play it at 90fps with the same settings and 800p.. two or more years from now.
Get one now, they're great devices, and they support Linux!
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I guess I'll wait for the inevitable translucent purple one
Once it's gone, it's gone. So if you're somehow still on the fence, now might be the best time to get one of the coolest-looking models.
Nothing, ever, is cooler than black.
It looks great, but not quite as pretty as the semi-translucent black one that was exclusive to the USA. I do wish they had started out by offering that one worldwide first, but I guess that would technically be against the "limited edition" idea behind it.
I guess I'll wait for the inevitable translucent purple one
They could have made a variant of ths translucent one and I dont think anyone would mind especially for us first hour pre-order Deck owners who hadn't planned on buying anything that expensive again the year after and had to miss out.
A second chance woulda been nice.
I'd like to upgrade but not digging that color scheme enough to shell out again.
Really hoping they do a few more non-limited color ways without the FOMO and preferably a discount on fhe OLEDs in general as they discounted the LCD ones after only a year.
I guess I'll wait for the inevitable translucent purple oneExcellent choice, old bean.
Nothing, ever, is cooler than black.Personally, I think mine with the white skin I added and the black highlights from the buttons/sticks/bits-between-the-skin-showing-through is cooler than any mono-color scheme.
Or waiting for System 3 to release that Last Ninja back catalog they keep on talking about.
Kinda feels like a waste of the hardware
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