Valve is now promoting refurbished Steam Deck OLEDs beginning at $439

The Steam Deck OLED, the perfect model of Valve’s gaming handheld with further battery life, a slight improve to efficiency, and an eye-popping display screen, can now be bought refurbished for $110 lower than it prices brand-new.

Valve has simply begun promoting licensed refurbished Steam Deck OLED fashions beginning at $439 within the US, UK, Canada, and EU. That buys you the 512GB mannequin with a shiny display screen, whereas the 1TB anti-glare mannequin could be had for $519 — lower than the $549 you’d pay to get even the 512GB mannequin brand-new. (The 1TB mannequin usually prices $649.)

Like my colleague Jay Peters simply informed me in Verge Slack, “$439 is a steal for the OLED.” Valve doesn’t presently have inventory of refurbished LCD fashions, although they will be as low cost as $279.

Like Valve’s refurbished variations of the unique LCD mannequin, which has a barely smaller and slower display screen, Valve says it provides every unit “an intensive examination involving over 100 assessments at one in every of Valve’s amenities,” together with a battery well being examine, and Valve says they’ll “meet and even exceed the efficiency requirements” of brand-new items. They every include a carrying case, refurbished energy provide, and one-year guarantee — however they could have “minor beauty blemishes.”

Valve launched the Steam Deck OLED in November 2023, and a yr later, it’s nonetheless one of many best possible methods to play PC video games on the go. No different handheld has surpassed its ease of use, although the Asus ROG Ally X did lastly meet or beat it in battery life whereas providing higher efficiency.