The entry-level Steam Deck is cheaper than ever ahead of Steam’s Summer Sale

Summer has assorted authoritative and unofficial starts to footwear disconnected the season, but the existent 1 for galore of america gamers is Steam’s yearly Summer Sale — which Valve precocious announced volition statesman connected Thursday, June 27th, astatine 10AM PT / 1PM ET. And arsenic an added treat, Valve’s entry-level Steam Decks are already connected merchantability for an all-time debased successful the run-up to the event.

Valve is discounting the basal Steam Decks sold done Steam’s online storefront by 15 percent done 10AM PT / 1PM ET connected July 11th, dropping the terms of the LCD-equipped handheld to $296.95 (about $52 off) successful the 64GB configuration and $381.65 (about $67 off) successful its 512GB variant. In summation to the retention upgrade, the 512GB exemplary features an antiglare etched solid screen connected its seven-inch display.

While the fancier Steam Deck OLED, with its somewhat larger 90Hz show and bigger battery, is sadly not discounted, the modular Decks with LCD screens stay precise susceptible machines. The archetypal Deck offers the aforesaid show and solution (1280 x 800) arsenic the OLED model, albeit astatine a maximum refresh complaint of 60Hz, and it easy plays astir compatible games connected Steam prevention for the astir graphically demanding titles.

The OG Deck tin adjacent play immoderate large open-world games similar Elden Ring and its caller Shadow of the Erdtree expansion. However, FromSoftware’s excellently punishing RPG is presently successful request of a hotfix to resolve an ongoing issue erstwhile the crippled is near inactive connected the Steam Deck for 5 minutes. Also, if you’re opting for the 64GB model, beryllium definite to person a microSD paper to grow it. That basal retention whitethorn beryllium good erstwhile downloading tiny indies, but it fills up accelerated with bigger games. (Don’t adjacent imagination of a Call of Duty.) Thankfully, you don’t truly instrumentality immoderate notable show hits by playing games disconnected a prime microSD.