Steam Deck Discounted by 10% Until March 23 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 17 March 2023 / 3,260 Views
Valve celebrating the one year anniversary of Steam Deck has discounted the handheld by 10 percent until March 23 at 10:00 am PT / 1:00 pm ET.
The 64GB eMMC has been discounted from $399.00 to $359, the 256GB NVMe SSD has been discounted from $529 to $476, and the 512GB NVMe SSD has been discounted from $649 to $584.
"It has been one year since we launched Steam Deck, and in celebration we’re offering Steam Deck for 10% off! The discount will last for the duration of the Spring Sale, until March 23rd at 10am Pacific time," reads the announcement post from Valve. "The sale applies to all shipping regions, including Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong via Komodo."
"Steam Deck wouldn't be such a success without everyone in the community, so we’ve put together a little celebration video with highlights from Steam Deck’s first year, with an emphasis on all of YOU."
Valve has also created a list of the Top 100 games played on Steam Deck.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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I have one and It's a fantastic device. I'm constantly surprised by what it can do.
Owned my deck for about 3 months now and it's probably been one of the best gaming purchases I have made.
Same I expected to use it sparingly but some games I exclusively play handheld. I did install windows though so I can use gamepass.
Me too! I put windows on my sd card so I can use gamepass natively instead of the cloud.
Got mine the beginning of November. My primary gaming device now. Love it.
With other handhelds in the PC market gathering Steam and having better hardware like the Aya Neo 2... I think the Steamdeck is overdue for a permanant price drop or a refresh or both.
I think someone at Valve said a refresh wouldn't happen for at least a few years, but I don't think Valve really cares tbh. They focused on the value of Steam Deck and the deep integration with Steam. If they were really worried about competing with higher-end devices, Valve would've put Windows on the Deck by default.
Plus, with the cost of an admittedly cool product like the Aya Neo 2, I'd rather just get a traditional PC lol. I primarily use my Deck for emulation and LAN parties. As a companion device to my home PC essentially, which seems to be what Valve was going for.
Aya Neo 2 is a super-niche device. While certainly it is a competitor to Steam Deck in some sense, that competition is really only at the margin. Steam Deck seems to be aiming for an accessible price point, and performance will be dictated by that. The Neo seems to be aiming for performance, and the price will be what it will be.
the steam deck is already a good deal its a third of the price of them other handheld devices
So 980$ hardware being better than 400$ thus forcing the later one to have a price cut ?
Fair call.
Steam deck ranges from $800-$1300 AU.
Aya Neo Geek I can get for about $1500 AU.
I am probably a minority who doesn't really factor price into these kinds of items.
You don't see the factor as a price but you mention a price cut. Sir, you're as confusing as the missing R in your nickname
Not my fault you can't read. ;)
Obviously I was quantifying pricing levels as a generalization of a market overview.
Where as personally I am not to bothered by price, if I want it, I buy it.
I know, difficult to comprehend the difference between a market overview and personal situation, but there it is.
Hopefully that is a little less confusing.
But what about the missing R in your nickname then ?
There's still nothing that can compete on the Deck's price point. While the Aya Neo Geek is very nice and I'm thinking about purchasing one later this year it can't really compare on value. In total I paid £370 for my 64gb Deck with a 256gb SSD to upgrade it. The Aya Neo Geek is a nice upgrade in power but also costs £700.
The 256gb/512gb deck however are a rip off. Paying £110 extra to go from 64gb EMMC to 256gb NVME is beyond stupid.
I'm very tempted
10% discount (nice I guess) for something with symmetrical top thumbstick (insert barfing gif)
Discounts like these might make it crawl to 2 million units sold lifetime! Good for the said "Switch Killer."
It's a switch killer for me. Similar price, don't have to rebuy my games, and I have switch games (that cost £0 instead of full price).
Sales must be sluggish
I mean, it's only a week long discount in celebration of the systems 1 year anniversary. If it was a permanent discount, then I would think sales have dramatically dropped. IIRC Valve didn't expect to sell more than like 5 million units of the Steam Deck.
Should they have not discounted it like all the other consoles?.
How has it been ranking on Steam's best-seller lists?
