Good night cheapest game box on the market.
Valve is stopping production of LCD Steam Deck models, once sold out they will be gone forever
Submitted 1 month ago by Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz to steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
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the16bitgamer@programming.dev 1 month ago
rotopenguin@infosec.pub 1 month ago
With the way that memory prices are going, Valve is going to bring back the 64GB model.
/s
/not s
W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Honestly, that’s probably why they are consolidating manufacturing around less SKUs.
Everything sucks.
Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
I got the 64gb intentionally to just put in a 512gb myself. Was no problem to do, and saved quite a bit on the price difference. I’m extremely happy with the device, but don’t use it nearly enough.
Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I dropped in a 2Tb when prices were still good.
dangrousperson@feddit.org 1 month ago
same
AeonFelis@lemmy.world 1 month ago
These are SSD, not RAM.
hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
SSDs are being affected too. Not as much, and I forget why exactly, maybe because it’s all silicon and shares some manufacturing resources? 🤷♂️
voytrekk@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
I wonder if DDR prices are a factor. They might lose too much with the lower proved model compared to the OLED models.
PeachMan@lemmy.world 1 month ago
These have DDR4 RAM, right? But Gaben did say that the original $399 price was difficult to hit, so any small increase in component prices might make it impossible.
Pistcow@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Look on OfferUp and you’ll see folks coming out of the woodwork trying to sell 64gb DDR4 for $300-700.
errer@lemmy.world 1 month ago
“If I keep the price the same, how will I afford my fifth’s yacht’s docking bay for my smaller yachts?!”
anakin78z@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I just got a 2nd LCD during the sale. Unfortunately it was broken and I’m still waiting on a replacement. With any luck they’ll send me an OLED one instead 😜
orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 1 month ago
I love mine ❤️🥹
Nima@leminal.space 1 month ago
yep I’m still using my lcd cause I see no real reason to upgrade. I love it immensely 💕
orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 1 month ago
Hell yeah, LCD gang.
jafffacakelemmy@mander.xyz 1 month ago
I’m sure the headline should say “once sold out, they’ll only be available on the second-hand market”. Not gone forever though.
blinfabian@feddit.nl 1 month ago
nah they will be remotely exploding all steamdecks 100% real source trust me bro
GammaGames@beehaw.org 1 month ago
Already out of stock
melfie@lemy.lol 1 month ago
Got a cheap LCD 64GB one on sale then put in a 1 TB SSD, and I love it. This form factor in the $300s is about right. Much more than that and it’s not really worth it for low-end graphics on a small screen.
korendian@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
[deleted]RagingRobot@lemmy.world 1 month ago
2 will be the final version too
1995ToyotaCorolla@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Steam deck Steam deck 2 Steam deck: episode 1 Steam deck: episode 2 Steam deck: alyx
dil@piefed.zip 1 month ago
I ran out of 512 so fast on legion go s, (sd card reader sucks) Couldn’t go with 256, but ive heard steam deck has a decent reader
the_tab_key@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I have the 64gb LCD and run most games of sd card. With a quality card, it works really well.
the16bitgamer@programming.dev 1 month ago
I just got a 256GB steam deck. It’s do able. But you’ll want a PC nearby with your games installed. Then it’ll just download it from your PC for lightning fast installs.
Drasglaf@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
I own an OG Legion Go and owned a Steam Deck prior to that. The Deck’s SD card reader is definitely better.
rotopenguin@infosec.pub 1 month ago
The Deck’s reader does the full 80MB/s UHS-I well enough. It works well electrically, but the ejector sucks. I’ve picked up my system, and had the card randomly hang out like 😛. It is vital to tape over the card to keep it from wandering off on its own.
jjlinux@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
I upgraded mine to 2TB and still have to uninstall games to add others every 2 months or so 😁
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Fortunately the NVMe is not that hard to upgrade. Like if you can replace a battery in an iPhone you can change the SSD in the Steam Deck.
lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Gave my 64 GB to a family member. Have a gaming laptop so I don’t miss it as much.
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
is that the largest one or the smallest one? (i just can’t remember the three tiers)
i remember i got the larger one and still love it; i’m just worried if they stop selling it, it won’t be able to be repaired if god forbid something happens to it
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Right now, they sell a 256GB LCD, 512GB OLED, and a 1TB OLED. The 256GB LCD is going away, leaving only the 512GB OLED and the 1TB OLED.
Previously they had offered 3 sizes of LCD, 64/256/512.
When the LCD models sell out for good, they might start offering a lower price OLED with less storage, but that’s just speculation.
Pistcow@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Aye, I owned both. Got an LCD when it first came out and bought an OLED when they came out. Treat yourself, in all situations of visual screens OLED is better.
dukemirage@lemmy.world 1 month ago
On the other hand, the LCD is perfectly fine.
Pistcow@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Its perfectly ok. The OLED runs cooler, brighter, and better battery life. Don’t get me wrong when I got the led steamdeck when it first came out I played it more than my gaming PC. Steam deck is awesome but if you can manage the few bucks more always go OLED. I literally sold the LED at a steep discount and bought the OLED and dont regret it.
DacoTaco@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Disagree on the oled thing. Oled is better in a lot of cases, specially if everything on the screen is constantly changing. However, for a computer that will be displaying the taskbar 70% of the time its not ok. Oled burn in is a thing
scholar@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Auto hide the taskbar, burn your wallpaper instead. Oled burn is really is much less of an issue these days thanks to better panels and pixel shifting tech.
domi@lemmy.secnd.me 1 month ago
To quote Rtings:
Even if your task bar is on 70% of the time, you’re not going to see any significant burn-in.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot1gr-YypY4&t=208
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
A lot of people have done burn in tests on the OLED, and it’s barely a concern. The tech has really improved.
nemith@programming.dev 1 month ago
I used an OLED tv as my computer monitor for over 2 years. Never had any burn in.
despoticruin@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
I have a Phillips evnia ultrawide that has accumulated over 6000 hours SOT over the last year and a half, over 3k of that was playing RuneScape 3. You have to turn the brightness down to 10% and be on a flat grey screen to even see the beginning of burn in. It’s really a non issue, even in “torture” scenarios like getting 200m mining xp on the screen full time.
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
This is a steam deck, a game console, not a normal computer. If your taskbar is visible 70% of the time I question what you’re doing with the device.
jali67@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Makes you wonder why Nintendo decided to make the base Switch 2 model LCD
deus@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Because it’s cheaper to make and allows them to release an OLED version at a premium later.
frank@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Man and it’s so much less hot, less heavy
AngryPancake@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I can replace my LCD with an OLED, right?
TheBat@lemmy.world [bot] 1 month ago
No.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 1 month ago
There are aftermarket mods to upgrade to a 1080p OLED (which you probably don’t want to do anyway because 1080p is much harder to run)
But you can’t drop the SD OLED’s display into the LCD model, no.
HoloPengin@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The only thing I dislike about it, having seen the in-store demos, is the fringing on text and hard edges. It can looks like chromatic abberation in very comtarsty games. The OLED subpixel layout just isn’t quite ideal, especially at 1280x800 7.4".
The LCD version has less issues there.
hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I believe you. But it’s funny, I have both, LCD and DeckSight. I can tell the difference if they’re side by side. But often times I forget the OLED is an OLED 🤷♂️