Valve Announces Steam Deck OLED Lineup - Hardcore Gamer

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Valve’s Steam Deck wasn’t the first portable gaming PC – but it was the first one to find a way to bring the technology into a price point that the general public could reasonably afford. As an early adopter, I’ve been overjoyed with my Deck for the past 18 months and now Valve has announced a whole new generation of the device with the Steam Deck OLED. It’s a great time for them to do so with the ROG Ally showing off the same kind of portable gaming tech to the mainstream with a far brighter screen, while the Lenovo Legion GO just launched and features a bright screen and detachable left and right controllers.

The whole Steam Deck lineup is getting a refresh, with the lone LCD offering being available after the refresh launches on November 16 will be $399 and offer up an upgrade in the form of a 256GB NVMe SSD instead of flash storage – so it’s basically just a first-generation unit with a big storage upgrade to 256 instead of 64 and using a faster SSD. Going to $549 gets you a 512GB NVMe SSD and the same 1280 x 800 overall resolution as before, but with an OLD display and a 7.4 inch display size instead of 7 inches. It will feature a smaller, more efficient APU with a massive improvement in wi-fi thanks to the inclusion of Wi-Fi 6E being supported for the fastest possible download speeds.

You can step up to a 1TB SSD for $649.00 – so it’s a nice jump in overall storage and you get a 50Whr battery – enabling up to 12 hours of battery life versus eight hours, with higher-end games getting three hours instead of the original unit’s two hours. Finally, for $679.00, you can get a limited edition unit with a limited edition carrying case and a printed liner. Both 1TB units offer up an anti-glare display, and with an HDR