After briefly presenting a transparent Steam Deck OLED last year Valve announced another limited edition variant with a bold new color: “white”. This will happen costing you $679 When it launches on November 18th, it has the same hardware as the 1TB Steam Deck OLED. (Most importantly, it has a gorgeous 7.4-inch display with HDR and a 90Hz refresh rate). Of course, there is also a white carrying case. While the perils of white console hardware are hard to ignore (especially for a large portable that’s going to hold a lot of hand grease), this new option might convince Steam Deck owners to make the leap.
Like us covered in our reviewThe Steam Deck OLED display looks significantly bolder than the original LCD models, especially with the addition of HDR support. This time, Valve said Steam Decks is shipping a limited number of white models worldwide (including Australia).
“We’re interested to see what the response is and will use what we learn to inform future decisions about any new potential color options in the future,” Valve said in an email. “We’ve always said that our intention is to continually work on improving Steam Deck, and that’s true both in terms of software (shipping improvements) and hardware (Steam Deck OLED, as well as ongoing work towards the future of Steam). The Deck and other equipment plans).”
