Steam Deck OLED announced, launches next week
The Steam Deck OLED sports a stronger battery and faster downloads in addition to its fancy screen.
Valve launched the Steam Deck last year as PC gaming’s answer to the Switch. It’s seen success in allowing users to play games on the go that were previously restrained to a desktop or console. Now, the Steam maker is back with a new iteration of its handheld gaming device. The Steam Deck OLED is a new model of the device that packs a prettier screen, better battery, and faster downloads. It’ll be available starting next week.
The Steam Deck OLED was revealed in a post to the Steam Store this afternoon. The Steam Deck OLED will be available in two models: 512 GB ($549) and 1TB ($649). There is also a special edition version of the 1TB model that has a red and black colorway and a transparent shell, which is priced at $679.
Source: Valve
Valve boasts that its HDR OLED screen is “designed from the ground up for gaming.” The company also shared that the Steam Deck OLED’s battery lasts 30-50% longer than the original model. It’ll be able to achieve faster download speeds thanks to the addition of Wifi 6E support.
With a new Steam Deck Model on the horizon, Valve is also cutting prices on the base model. Now referred to as the Steam Deck LCD, original models of the Steam Deck have received the following price points (effective immediately):
- Steam Deck 64GB LCD: Now $349
- Steam Deck 256GB LCD: Now $399
- Steam Deck 512GB LCD: Now $449
The 64GB and 512GB models of the Steam Deck LCD are being phased out and will be available until they sell out.
The new Steam Deck OLED models will begin shipping next week on November 16, arriving just before the holidays. For the latest news on what Valve is cooking up in the hardware (and software) space, Shacknews has you covered.
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replyDonovan Erskine posted a new article, Steam Deck OLED announced, launches next week
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Deck Oled incoming
https://twitter.com/steamdb/status/1722666280346399038-
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It just says "GameSpot has just leaked Steam Deck OLED via their RSS." with this picture
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F-gjmnWXIAAjXlH?format=png&name=small
I'm not sure if that really says a lot at this point. I'd be cautiously optimistic.
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Puerto Rico : “This item is not available in your country”
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You should play Dark Souls III first.
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Elden Ring builds on a lot of Souls III concepts and of course adds the open world and improves on them.
But DS3 is a great experience with some great DLC. It feels like a sequel to Dark Souls, not a sequel to Dark Souls II.-
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I think it's better. DS1 has a couple of poopy zones, and the combat feel and animations in DS3 are much more polished. It also has way more weapons and spells and better visuals.
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Yeah I loved DS3 too, I beat it twice, went heavy dex one game and then went faith and had a great time. Played it once before elden ring on ps4 and once after on PC. great game.
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Elden ring is the best of all of them IMO. I put 200 hours into it and cant wait to get back in with DLC. There is just so much content and souls combat and I loved it.
WITH that said, got a playstation? Maybe give Bloodborne a go. My second favorite souls game after Elden Ring. -
weirdly enough, I started elden ring on the steam deck and didn't get back to it on PC when I returned. I should do that.
So we're looking at:
Major Shit Category:
Elden Ring
Baldurs Gate 3
Cyberpunk 2077
Hitman 3 (need to tackle this I've started and stopped a bunch)
Ongoing Shit Category:
Satisfactory replay when update 8 is formally launched
Skylines 2
Starfield (new content supposedly soon? beta thing announced?)
Diablo 4 (I really should play season 2 so I can understand what they did, and if it addresses why everyone left... did they do a good job?)
Call Of Duty: decision time. Get MW3 or not? I think I've played nearly all of them...
Cool Shit to keep poking at category:
Vrising (didn't finish yet but I want to beat all the bosses)
Everspace 2
Deep Rock Galactic (really want to do some 4 player coop)
New Shit category:
Risk of Rain RETURNS ! (noice?)
Like a Dragon GAIDEN (noice???)
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I like all the Souls games but not really an Elden Ring fan because of how non linear it is.
i feel kind of like an idiot not loving the very open world stuff, but I think there are dozens of us at least (i.e., not an Elden Ring or new Zelda fan)
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DF on Deck OLED
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Even back in March when asked about it Valve tried to downplay the idea of making an OLED version which made people think it was far off. Seems like they were very careful about how they talked about to give people the idea that it was far off, while still talking about it.
This might have been the strategy to help prevent leaks because people would say “oh yeah but I heard it was far off”
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It's this just the screen, or is there a bump in specs too?
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You can back-and-forth the specs here
https://store.steampowered.com/steamdeck?tab=1
Looks like a different CPU process but not wildly faster, RAM is a little faster.
It's an upgrade but not a generational leap.
As someone who wants this product category to continue, especially from Valve, I'm good with them iterating at whatever pace they want to. They'd said no new Deck for a while yet here we are, new-ish Deck. Plus people on the Steam Deck subreddit have been noticing modifications to the internals as the year has gone by.-
Same APU on smaller process that they're using to improve battery life rather than increase performance. It sounds closer to when the Tegra X1 in the Nintendo Switch went from 20nm to 16nm. A lot of the Deck's improved battery life also comes from a 20% increase in size, which is good because the Deck's enclosure certainly has the room for it.
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Alahu akbar! /https://youtu.be/Md7OvU5JIcI
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Oh fuck it’s 90hz noo I don’t want to spend money on a upgrade
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Me getting one of something is the signal to the universe that it's time to replace it.
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Right? I just got one in September. It's ok though, I can refrain. Hopefully.
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$400 and a BJ and it's yours!
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You've never turned down a BJ before!!
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Besides the OLED with HDR the fact that it is lighter is probably going to get me to buy one
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Me too. I hope they release it or another company puts out an OLED compatible display.
I wouldn't really call this "hard" (look up videos installing that 1200p LCD upgrade) but I can definitely understand a company like valve saying that this is not an "easy drop in display upgrade".
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I am going off their comments:
“the idea that you could just swap in a new screen and be done—it would need more than that to be doable.”
https://www.pcgamer.com/valve-likes-the-idea-of-an-oled-steam-deck-too-but-says-it-isnt-as-simple-as-it-sounds/-
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Yeah my only thinking is it is possible could have changed more than people realized (they clearly have changed more than just the screen), so it’s also possible they made changes to support this specific screen.
But it’s also possible people are right that it could be added in (assuming you can get your hands on the part), and Valve’s comments in March were just trying to control rumors.
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Looks like we have an answer: it uses a different display connector so it can't be swapped in to older models. The reply is from one of ifixit's engineers.
https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/823177/Can+I+just+buy+the+OLED+screen+standalone+to+replace+the+LCD+screen -
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Yeah I like the current Deck screen. I don't doubt the OLED is better, probably by a lot, but there's folks out there who think anything not-OLED is unusable trash and I just don't see that, it looks great to me.
Once Steam Deck 2 or whatever comes out in 2025 or whenever I'll probably buy that but for now I'm good.
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I'm trying to think what I'm going to play on this and basically all I can come up with is silksong and emulators lol.
So I looked: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/decktop100
I guess pizza tower, dave the diver and finally getting around to play disco elysium (which the idiot that I am have bought on fucking epic, don't ask)....
Baldurs gate 3 is gonna run like ass right?-
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I’ve had mostly good results streaming from desktop to steamdeck just using the built in ulitity. This is how I played starfield for the most part. I’m experimenting with moonshine/sunshine now.
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https://reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/17qtshh/baldurs_gate_3_optimization_breakthrough/
dra linked me this thing about how they made some huge strides with memory management in BG3 for consoles, should definitely help steam deck if those improvements are patched in for PC, too. So maybe wait for that stuff.
And if you want to play Disco Elysium on the deck, telling you now to cap it to 50hz/50fps unless you can mod it with the 3rd party fix. There's a huge flaw in that game where movement and camera scrolling is not smooth and judders consistently at 60hz/60fps, but it is smooth at 50.
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Millehhhhhhh
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Oh shitttttttt!
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Whatever happened with the LTT/gamers nexus stuff? That was red hot on shacknews and elsewhere for a few days and then I never heard of it again.
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https://youtu.be/Z1KLj06fn2s
digital foundry if you don't wanna do LTT
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It would amazing if they sold the screen separately so we update our decks.
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Ah, traditions, I get one of something and then it's immediately replaced/upgraded.
YOU'RE WELCOME WORLD!
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You got it for a quid, stop complaining!
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I absolutely love my Legion Go, but man, this looks good. But no real performance bump kind of spikes it for me.
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A Steam Deck 2 is likely in 2 to 3 years.
https://www.gamesradar.com/valve-says-a-next-generation-steam-deck-2-is-coming-but-its-at-least-2-or-3-years-away/ -
Digital foundry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1KLj06fn2s&t=0
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Gamers Nexus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfulSFtsH0c&t=1
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Is it still wrist-crushingly heavy for RSI people? OLED is tempting but damn its so heavy. Im looking forward to inexpensive Android handhelds transitioning into Linux. I know it is a ways off, but with the release of the Odin 2, we're getting close to the end game for Android emulation (it even mediocrely emulates Switch)
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It's supposedly around 30 oz lighter. In the DF review Richard said it was noticeable.
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30g.
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I love mine. Be curious to what you think.
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I think the main reason the next Nintendo system is using LCD instead of OLED is supply issues. Obviously it gives them room to sell a new updated model down the line, which sucks, but they can use trying to sell 20m+ units in the first year as cover.
Steam Deck really doesn't have that problem with the size of their production runs. I don't think that'll happen when they release a model with a new APU
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FUCK YES.
So the Deck I won wasn't going to be the one they'd photographed, that was, for lack of a better term, their "floor unit" they were going to order a fresh one in and mod it.
Looks like they're just holding off and then ordering a 1TB OLED unit in for me (same pricepoint) instead, I told them they can even forgo the translucent case.
fuuuuuuck yeah.
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Son of a bitch!
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I land 98% chance shots in X-Com 100% of the time. :p
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The cool thing that don't expect to get coverage is Linux literally had no functional HDR support when the Steam Deck launched.
And now it does - thanks to Valve. Desktops still have to be updated to support it, and Nvidia's got work to do before it works for them, but inside the gamescope system Valve uses in Game Mode, it works.
Old Steam Decks now support HDR on external displays via updates.
And now they can take full advantage of a built in OLED.
And the work won't just benefit them - the latest Nvidia driver enabled 10-bit color and the foundations of HDR, and desktops like KDE have announced they're making deep color and HDR a priority, too. -
Just saw this -> https://store.steampowered.com/steamdeck sheeesh, man when they go Zen 4 and RDNA 3(or 4) that will be insane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I am super happy with my launch SteamDeck. This just makes me excited for the actual second gen deck.
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