Valve finally made a white Steam Deck that you can actually buy

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You’ll person to travel up with Portal decorations yourself.

By Sean Hollister, a elder exertion and founding subordinate of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget.

Nov 11, 2024, 11:32 PM UTC

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A adjacent up of the achromatic Steam Deck’s buttons.

Nearly 3 years to the time aft teasing the satellite with a achromatic mentation of the Steam Deck, Valve has yet decided to merchandise the usually achromatic handheld gaming PC successful that colour too. The limited-edition achromatic model is going connected merchantability for $679 connected November 18th astatine 3PM PT / 6PM ET, everyplace the handheld is sold, including Australia and the assorted regions of Asia served by Komodo.

It’s nary antithetic connected the wrong than a mean model, says Valve:

Steam Deck OLED: Limited Edition White has each the aforesaid specs arsenic the Steam Deck OLED 1TB model, but successful achromatic and grey. It besides comes with an exclusive achromatic carrying lawsuit and achromatic microfiber cleaning cloth.

Since the 1TB OLED usually costs $649, you’re efficaciously paying $30 for the color. Valve says it’s allocated banal proportionally crossed each region, but erstwhile it’s sold out, it won’t beryllium making immoderate more.

Below, find a fewer much images of it nonstop from Valve.

I inactive highly urge the Steam Deck OLED, though I could spot immoderate buyers picking an Asus ROG Ally X instead for its notable show and decent artillery beingness advantages, peculiarly if they determine to dual-boot the Bazzite operating strategy (which makes it consciousness a batch similar a Steam Deck) alongside Windows.

(Yes, the ROG Ally X is simply a achromatic variant of an primitively achromatic handheld, and this Steam Deck is the opposite.)

Here’s what the aged Valve prototype looked like, consecutive retired of Portal with an Aperture Science logo connected the back:

Valve’s Greg Coomer picks up a achromatic Steam Deck prototype and shows it off. It’s got an Aperture logo connected the back.

It’s not for sale.

GIF by Sean Hollister / The Verge

Here’s hoping idiosyncratic volition people up immoderate precocious quality Portal stickers, and possibly we tin adhd our ain orangish and bluish Portal thumbstick covers oregon something.