I was litteraly about to buy a 64gb steam deck for 350 pounds (427 dollars) this weekend, but then the steam deck oled came around. Im pretty sure its region locked at least initially to US and Canada, and as someone who doesnt care a ridiculous amount about the contrast of a screen, the price drop on the 512gb of nearly half is just perfect. Only 40 pounds more for more than 5x the storage, a cooler carrying case, and an anti-glare screen is a great deal. I plan to be playing outside a lot, and also was planning to upgrade the storage. basically now I’ve saved myself having to buy an additional sd card and anti-glare screen protector. I might pick up the new steam deck when it does come out, but for me, the 512gb is the perfect deal.
The 64 and 512 LCD models are “until stock runs out”. The offerings after that point will be a 256GB LCD, 512GB OLED, and 1TB OLED (plus whatever refurbished units they have).
Ah dammit that’s a shame, thanks.
But don’t lose all hope. It seems a lot of people are returning their newly purchased decks to order the oled. So stock could be around for longer than you might expect.