Valve Is Now Selling Refurbished Steam Deck Oleds Starting At $439

The Steam Deck OLED, nan champion type of Valve’s gaming handheld pinch further artillery life, a flimsy summation to performance, and an eye-popping screen, tin now beryllium purchased refurbished for $110 small than it costs brand-new.

Valve has conscionable begun trading certified refurbished Steam Deck OLED models starting astatine $439 successful nan US, UK, Canada, and EU. That buys you nan 512GB exemplary pinch a glossy screen, while nan 1TB anti-glare exemplary tin beryllium had for $519 — small than nan $549 you’d net to get moreover nan 512GB exemplary brand-new. (The 1TB exemplary usually costs $649.)

Like my workfellow Jay Peters conscionable told maine successful Verge Slack, “$439 is simply a bargain for nan OLED.” Valve doesn’t presently personification banal of refurbished LCD models, though they tin beryllium arsenic inexpensive arsenic $279.

Like Valve’s refurbished versions of nan original LCD model, which has a somewhat smaller and slower screen, Valve says it gives each information “an extended introspection involving complete 100 tests astatine 1 of Valve’s facilities,” including a artillery wellness check, and Valve says they’ll “meet aliases moreover transcend nan capacity standards” of brand-new units. They each recreation pinch a carrying case, refurbished powerfulness supply, and one-year warranty — but they whitethorn personification “minor cosmetic blemishes.”

Valve introduced nan Steam Deck OLED successful November 2023, and a twelvemonth later, it’s still 1 of nan very champion ways to play PC games connected nan go. No different handheld has surpassed its easiness of use, though nan Asus ROG Ally X did yet meet aliases deed it successful artillery life while offering amended performance.

While tons of different Windows handhelds are connected nan way, and perchance moreover immoderate different intriguing hardware from Valve, nan company’s been beautiful clear it won’t merchandise a caller Steam Deck soon — not till newer chips fto it relationship a ample leap successful capacity without sacrificing artillery life.