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Steam [steampowered.com] has
1TB Valve Steam Deck OLED (Certified Refurbished) on sale
$519.
Shipping is free.
Specs:- 1280 x 800 HDR OLED display with premium anti-glare etched glass
- 7.4" Diagonal display size
- up to 90Hz refresh rate
- Wi-Fi 6E
- 50Whr battery; 3-12 hours of gameplay (content-dependent)
- 45W Power supply with 2.5m cable
- Carrying case with removable liner
- Steam profile bundle, exclusive startup movie and keyboard theme
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It's back in stock for me (currently 1:20am CST)
I'm still able to get it but had to look on the app to find it, wasn't available in browser
That's funny cause the steam deck appeals to me precisely because I have young kids. It's an easy way to game in small bursts, turn off when you need to focus attention elsewhere, and then pick right back up where you left off later.
The OLED is actually a significant upgrade. I had the LCD for well over a year first and pleasantly surprised how much of a lift the OLED has been
Battery lifetime is significantly better on a full charge and best decision I made was to gun for 1TB SSD - the micro SD card is fine for storing and playing games (for the most part), but updates on large games are at a snail's pace.. Could literally copy from SD card to SSD, update, and move back MUCH faster. Take away is to keep your most active games on SSD and try to run any SD card updates overnight. Some cards perform better than others, but have not found any that come close to SSD performance
If you have an XBox, buy XBPlay app/game on Steam to stream to Deck for even better graphics and battery life - I do this all the time on the couch while my SO is watching her show (I halfway pay attention and don't want to go into another room to play). It's a game changer
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I didn't "get it" in 2022; I bought one last summer and it's almost completely taken over my gaming habits.
My home office is cold/hot enough to often drive me to play on my Deck instead, on the couch or lazy boy by the window. It's also perfect for taking my game library to a friend's house to play on their TV, a LAN party, or even "switch" style impromptu co-op gaming with Bluetooth controllers.
The OLED screen is really nice, beats my ultrawide VA panel for motion and blacks.
For offline games, hitting the Sleep button is just as good as hitting pause.
I can stream my PC or PlayStation 5 to it, so I can play all my games on it. Its price is subsidized like a game console, the OS is streamlined and attractive like a game console, but it's flexible with settings and mods like a PC and multiplayer is free like PC. The back buttons make it more comfortable to me than the PS4/PS5/Xbox controllers ($200 PS Edge controller is halfway towards a whole standalone Deck handheld PC).
Backwards compatibility with old Steam games is better than on Windows or Mac. By a similar token, it's a beast for emulating old game consoles!
Downsides, it's almost a pound and a half, and a couple other handhelds that have come out get a handful more FPS (but worse battery life), and I don't think an eGPU can give it an appreciable upgrade. Definitely not as powerful and graphically cutting-edge as a $2000 PC.
But overall, it's a cozy backlog-clearing machine that I can see myself playing for the next 5 years before looking at what games don't follow the current Gatcha/Season Pass model.
My home office is cold/hot enough to often drive me to play on my Deck instead, on the couch or lazy boy by the window. It's also perfect for taking my game library to a friend's house to play on their TV, a LAN party, or even "switch" style impromptu co-op gaming with Bluetooth controllers.
The OLED screen is really nice, beats my ultrawide VA panel for motion and blacks.
For offline games, hitting the Sleep button is just as good as hitting pause.
I can stream my PC or PlayStation 5 to it, so I can play all my games on it. Its price is subsidized like a game console, the OS is streamlined and attractive like a game console, but it's flexible with settings and mods like a PC and multiplayer is free like PC. The back buttons make it more comfortable to me than the PS4/PS5/Xbox controllers ($200 PS Edge controller is halfway towards a whole standalone Deck handheld PC).
Backwards compatibility with old Steam games is better than on Windows or Mac. By a similar token, it's a beast for emulating old game consoles!
Downsides, it's almost a pound and a half, and a couple other handhelds that have come out get a handful more FPS (but worse battery life), and I don't think an eGPU can give it an appreciable upgrade. Definitely not as powerful and graphically cutting-edge as a $2000 PC.
But overall, it's a cozy backlog-clearing machine that I can see myself playing for the next 5 years before looking at what games don't follow the current Gatcha/Season Pass model.
For non-multiplayer games, I can pick up and play and just hit "pause". I don't need to keep playing until I hit a save checkpoint. I can squeeze in more gameplay now.
Would I love to sit down and have 2-hours of uninterrupted gameplay on my gaming PC and Ultrawide? Absolutely! For all other times, Steamdeck (and other handhelds) are amazing.
I can give you the settings tomorrow on how to play Spiderman 2 at a minimum. Mine runs well. It's not PS5 graphics but it runs well without any lag and I can enjoy the storyline.