After it was leaked a bit too early, Valve have now confirmed and put up all three Steam Deck models to buy refurbished direct from the Steam store.

The confirmed pricing is:

  • Steam Deck 64 GB - Certified Refurbished: $319 / £279
  • Steam Deck 256 GB - Certified Refurbished: $419 / £369
  • Steam Deck 512 GB - Certified Refurbished: $519 / £459
    • AverageCakeSlice@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      15·
      11 months ago

      As someone who owns both and a PC as well, yes. Playing my steam library in bed is incredible. Also, if you have a larger library, it can be cheaper to just buy a Deck than re-buying everything on a different platform.

    • Carighan Maconar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      11 months ago

      I have a PC and a Switch and despite liking it a lot when I had it from a friend, I decided against getting my own. Mostly based on the fact that I already covered all my bases:

      • I can play at the desk.
      • I can play at the TV (Moonlight in-house streaming)
      • I can play PC games.
      • I can play Switch on the go, and I got more than enough games in my backlog that I don’t need more games for that.

      But if you game a lot and are on the road a lot, I would say it’s a damn good investment.

      • steal_your_face@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        11 months ago

        For me I’m not a huge fan of the form factor and prefer to play on a TV or at my desk. If I don’t have a good PC already, though, I’d definitely consider getting it.

        • Carighan Maconar@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          That’s something I had been considering but at the time the support for docks was really bad, so using it Switch-style and docking it to a TV was a no-go. I heard it’s really good now though, so that’s an interesting thought.

    • mvmnts@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Maybe. I have those two and a PC and I think the Deck is essential. But I do really like being able to seamlessly pick up my games on my main machine sometimes too. If I didn’t own a PC or a PC game library it might be less enticing but even then I still think it’s worth it. You may struggle deciding where to buy games though and you will probably end up building a gaming pc if you enjoy the Deck.

  • Ab_intra@discuss.onlineEnglish
    4·
    11 months ago

    Would be nice to pick one up… If only they sell them here I live. I don’t get why they are shipping to Norway…

      • Ab_intra@discuss.onlineEnglish
        2·
        11 months ago

        Thanks for the offer stranger ❤️ But If I where to get one It would have been through Amazon. There is always the risk factor at hand of buying from someone you don’t know unfortunately. And you don’t get warranty this way, and I’m pretty sure I can get some more rights if I bought it inside EU / UK, but I would have to check carefully. I’m always sceptical about buying stuff like this from abroad.

        In my country you get an extra warranty that’s called reklamasjon that last for 5 years. This warranty can in some cases be lower depending on how long the product should work… But for tech like this it’s supposed to at least work for 5 years. So then you would get a full refund in that time frame if something happens that is out of your hands, that it breaks before of hardware or other things like that. It might very well be this right that Valve DO NOT want to have to think about.

  • neptune@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    11 months ago

    This is fantastic, I missed out on buying one during the summer sale. I’ve had great luck with refurbished devices in the past hoping the same since they claim to have high testing standards.