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. On the official main Steam Deck website, if you scroll down a bit there's a new link leading to the Valve Certified Refurbished Steam Deck page where you can order one.
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
As noted by Valve, "Each Certified Refurbished Steam Deck has been thoroughly tested to the same high standards as our retail units. Every device goes through a complete factory reset, software update, and an extensive examination involving over 100 tests at one of Valve's facilities. Among the tests are all controller inputs, the audio system, the screen, and internals. Battery health is also assessed to ensure proper functionality and longevity.
All refurbished units meet or even exceed the performance standards of new retail units. Although they may have minor cosmetic blemishes, they provide a reliable, high-quality gaming experience at a lower cost."
They all include the same full one year warranty as a brand new Steam Deck, a refurbished power supply and carrying case. In the FAQ at the bottom Valve also notes that stock levels will come and go over time, as they are selected from customer returns that "pass rigorous criteria".
Additionally, GameStop announced they will also be selling refurbished Steam Decks, which are entirely separate to what Valve are doing available for GameStop Pro members only.
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Quoting: kuhpunktQuoting: GroganQuoting: kuhpunktDo you know how large those "quantities" even are?
Large enough for an announcement and a dedicated web page to sell them?
Which might just be a few hundred or thousand. What else are you gonna do with them? Throw them away?
How about you tell me something you know?
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I think you effectively pay less for a Deck that recieved extra QA. They're warrantied the same as a new one, right? Why not buy one at a discount?
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Quoting: ElectricPrismRegarding Switch, Steam Deck is incredibly versatile as it's a PC.
$319 for a Steam Deck is a total steal.
We need to get these things into EVERYONE's hands.
Quoting: Nateman1000agreed. They’re a major gateway drug for the Linux high.More than that - at these prices, they solve a problem where many youngsters only get access to locked-down entertainment electronics like games consoles and tablets at home, instead of general-purpose computers, because capable-enough PCs have typically cost more. It could be a pretty big shift, as long as the marketing is there to get it in front of enough eyeballs.
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Quoting: ElectricPrismRegarding Switch, Steam Deck is incredibly versatile as it's a PC.For that to happen to need to get the Deck released in Australia.........
$319 for a Steam Deck is a total steal.
We need to get these things into EVERYONE's hands.
Not that I want one I just think it sucks that we dont even have the option of buying one if we want too........
Quoting: PenglingMore than that - at these prices, they solve a problem where many youngsters only get access to locked-down entertainment electronics like games consoles and tablets at home, instead of general-purpose computers, because capable-enough PCs have typically cost more. It could be a pretty big shift, as long as the marketing is there to get it in front of enough eyeballs.Yeah I agree..... Also depending on regional pricing it could even be cheaper than PS5 or the..... Xbox Series...... X/Y/Z I have no idea what its called off the top of my head.......... In some countries........ So that would help a lot too......
Nintendo should be looking rather worried right about now...........
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Quoting: StoneColdSpiderNintendo should be looking rather worried right about now...........I don't think so. The way I see it is that Nintendo never tried to compete with powerfull handhelds, they compete with software, making good and atractive games.
As an owner of both, since I got a Deck what made me pick up my Switch are Nintendo games (Metroid Prime Remastered and TotK mainly but some casual fun with friends at MK8 and Splat3 too). And also, not everybody looks for general purpose devices for games, I've heard all type of aceptable reasons.
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Quoting: kuhpunktQuoting: GroganHmmm... that doesn't bode well that there are quantities of "refurbished" Steam Decks already.
1) People not happy and returning them
2) Returns of defective units, repaired.
Do you know how large those "quantities" even are?
No idea, but I guess there's average numbers for the industry somewhere? If it's say one percent in average, they might have some 10.000 devices hanging around. That should be worth to sell them, but I'd expect the refurbished variants to go out of stock not before too long.
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Quoting: PenglingThis kinda makes me nostalgic for being younger and accidentally learning how to use Linux by playing around with a raspberry pi because it was just so cheap.Quoting: ElectricPrismRegarding Switch, Steam Deck is incredibly versatile as it's a PC.
$319 for a Steam Deck is a total steal.
We need to get these things into EVERYONE's hands.Quoting: Nateman1000agreed. They’re a major gateway drug for the Linux high.More than that - at these prices, they solve a problem where many youngsters only get access to locked-down entertainment electronics like games consoles and tablets at home, instead of general-purpose computers, because capable-enough PCs have typically cost more. It could be a pretty big shift, as long as the marketing is there to get it in front of enough eyeballs.
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Quoting: Nateman1000This kinda makes me nostalgic for being younger and accidentally learning how to use Linux by playing around with a raspberry pi because it was just so cheap.I'm going to show my age here by saying that I'm amazed that we're now at the point where the Raspberry Pi is nostalgic, haha.
Back when I was a youngster, the price-gap between home-computers and video game consoles wasn't anywhere near as big (this was the era of the home microcomputer, long before the x86 architecture caught on), with only the price-gap for the games being totally enormous (usually about £2 to £5 for games on tape for the home-micros, and usually about £40 to £60 for games on cartridge for the consoles).
Gaming very often drives adoption of technology, and many parents here believed that the computers were the better option overall (which led to a generation who could use computers effectively, with many of those whose brains were wired for it also learning how to program), so the 1980s and early 1990s gaming scene in the UK was all about the 8-bit home-micros (this went on for quite a long time. The Steam Deck very strongly reminds me of this, even more so now that the refurbs are available.
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Quoting: Penglingif anything it’s a tell on me that I am young enough to grow up on the raspi.Quoting: Nateman1000This kinda makes me nostalgic for being younger and accidentally learning how to use Linux by playing around with a raspberry pi because it was just so cheap.I'm going to show my age here by saying that I'm amazed that we're now at the point where the Raspberry Pi is nostalgic, haha.
Back when I was a youngster, the price-gap between home-computers and video game consoles wasn't anywhere near as big (this was the era of the home microcomputer, long before the x86 architecture caught on), with only the price-gap for the games being totally enormous (usually about £2 to £5 for games on tape for the home-micros, and usually about £40 to £60 for games on cartridge for the consoles).
Gaming very often drives adoption of technology, and many parents here believed that the computers were the better option overall (which led to a generation who could use computers effectively, with many of those whose brains were wired for it also learning how to program), so the 1980s and early 1990s gaming scene in the UK was all about the 8-bit home-micros (this went on for quite a long time. The Steam Deck very strongly reminds me of this, even more so now that the refurbs are available.
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$319 is still a little bit too much for me. Maybe I can wait for the second round and buy a refurbished refurbished unit for half price?
I would also be fine with Valve giving me a Deck that didn't "pass rigorous criteria". You know the ones. The sticky disgusting ones. Dipped in Mountain Dew, stained with Cheetos and used by a gamer with chronic nasal drip!
I would also be fine with Valve giving me a Deck that didn't "pass rigorous criteria". You know the ones. The sticky disgusting ones. Dipped in Mountain Dew, stained with Cheetos and used by a gamer with chronic nasal drip!
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