After searching for a bit i find THIS article with all the announced sales dates. According to it there are still 3 main sale dates left:
- Return of Steam Scream Fest (Halloween): October 26 - November 2 (additional details to come)
- Autumn Sale: November 21 - 28 (major seasonal sale)
- Winter Sale: December 21 - January 4, 2024 (major seasonal sale)
Anyone know if there are any concrete chance to have a discount on the console in these days?
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Refurbished ones are just as good as fresh ones, and basically always “on sale” since their price is reduced.
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Valve seems to be moving towards a very likely Steam Deck Refresh. Very little is known about when or how this will happen. Based on previous comments and data-mining, the refresh will have the exact same amount of gaming-power. It may, however, have a better WiFi-chip, better screen, and stuff like that. Nothing is certain and if you want a Deck soon-ish, I wouldn’t recommend waiting for this.
- Refurbished ones are just as good as fresh ones, and basically always “on sale” since their price is reduced.
they are only worth it if you go for the 64gb sale price of the 512gb makes it a much better option than the refurb 512gb
UK PRICE
refurb £459 for 512GB
vs the 20% sale off price of £455.20 brand new, Yes it’s not a huge money saving here but it’s still a brand new untouched no blemishes minty condition steamdeck for less than the refurb price, but a huge prove saving from a new one of £569 (£113.80) off the new price 👍
My understanding is that the Steam Deck itself is sold at a loss, so if there is a sale it’s likely to be only 10%, like it was last sale
They had higher discounts on higher tier devices last sale, but I think it’s more cost effective to just buy the lowest tier and a third party ssd.
I bought the base model on sale and got a 1TB Samsung SSD off AliExpress and in total it was cheaper than the 512GB model
Wait for a sale for products that you want that have gone on sale before. Saving money is the coolest.
You could buy a refurbished one
I have a base deck with a 1TB SD card and haven’t wanted for the more expensive model except for once. Baldurs Gate 3 absolutely thrashed my deck between shaders and massive save files. I eventually symlinked the save problem away from internal storage to SD and it’s been smooth sailing ever since.
For what it’s worth, a newer deck might be on the scene soon with a better WiFi chip, but the current one has been fine.
Yes wait for a Steam sale. https://steamdb.info/sales/history is good for tracking them, although they are usually all the same dates every year, so not exactly unpredictable.
They are clearing inventory of the current SKUs ready for the refreshed ones, so it’s highly likely it will be on sale again this month and/or during the Autumn sale in November.
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