In case you haven’t purchased a Steam Deck due to the value, you’re in some semblance of luck. It seems that Valve is now promoting refurbished fashions of its handheld gaming PC at discounted costs.

The data was confirmed on the official Steam Deck Twitter web page not too long ago. Certainly, when you head over to the retailer web page itself, now you can get repaired variations of any of the three variations of the machine.

Introducing Valve Licensed Refurbished Steam Decks! These are totally examined at Valve amenities and include the identical 1-year guarantee as a brand new Deck. Provides are restricted and anticipate these to come back out and in of inventory as obtainable.
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— Steam Deck (@OnDeck) August 8, 2023

Based on the tweet, provides are restricted, however they’ve been “totally examined” and nonetheless include a one-year guarantee. On the time of writing, the shop web page is presently out of the 64GB mannequin, in order that they do appear to be going quick.

Presently, they’re priced at $319 (£279) for the 64GB model, $419 (£369) for 256GB, and $519 (£459) for 512GB.

Rumors, rumors, rumors

Funnily sufficient, it got here to mild that “licensed refurbished” Steam Decks had been going to go on sale earlier than Valve truly confirmed it. As noticed by Wario64, a picture was taken from the Steam retailer that confirmed the repaired Decks on sale for a diminished value.

These pictures had been allegedly taken down fairly rapidly, however it wasn’t lengthy after that the leak was then confirmed.

Refurbished Steam Decks are going up on Steam

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— Wario64 (@Wario64) August 7, 2023

In any case, it’s now come to fruition, so if you need a less expensive Deck, now appears to be the time.

The market grows

It’s general excellent news for individuals who have been ready within the wings for the price of a Steam Deck to go down. In fact, they’ve been included in current Steam sale occasions, however now it looks as if promoting refurbished ones could also be a extra everlasting fixture. In case you don’t thoughts a second-hand mannequin that’s been repaired, it might prevent a good amount of cash.

On prime of that, the cellular PC gaming market is now getting extra aggressive. With the ASUS ROG Ally having not too long ago come out (which is costlier however packs extra up-to-date {hardware} than the Steam Deck), there’s already an alternate on the market.

It’s additionally attainable that Lenovo could also be making its personal machine, so issues could get crowded on this trade quickly. As such, Valve could need to contemplate the way it’s going to remain on prime. Promoting refurbished Steam Decks is only one reply.