While everyone has been talking about a new or updated model of the Steam Deck throughout this year, my biggest question basically was “So if an improved Deck model comes out, cool, but how expensive would they make it?” Part of why the Steam Deck has been so popular and accessible was how inexpensive it was compared to other PC handhelds, and I thought that if Valve was going to make a new model of the system with a better screen and such, the price of it would be majorly increased and lose said accessibility because of it.

Somehow, Valve didn’t end up doing that. They put in all of these improvements to the Deck, not just with an OLED screen, and you’re actually getting a better deal when it comes to it’s price. When comparing the LCD and OLED $650 models for example, the old model has 512 GBs of storage, and the OLED model has 1 TB among other improvements. Not to mention the fact that the LCD 256 GB model Deck got a permanent price cut to $400 instead of $530, and even with the old 64 and 512 GB models being phased out, they also got price cuts, with the LCD 512 GB model specifically going from $650 to only $450.

I don’t plan to get an OLED model Deck myself. I’m contempt with my own 64 GB model Deck and don’t have the money to buy a whole new model, but I do hope that everyone else has fun using the OLED Steam Deck when it releases! It’s nice to see this system continue to be this successful, and I look forward to whatever else Valve has planned for it!