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Should i wait a Sale to buy the Steam Deck?? | [Discussion] (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by ekZepp to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] Russianranger 3 points 1 year ago

I would say wait for a sale, but easy for me to say since I already have my deck since over a year ago. If you’re strapped for cash or just working within a budget for the year, then yeah you can easily save at least 50 or more bucks on one. If money isn’t really an object and you got upcoming travel plans where you can capitalize on the steam deck’s mobility, then it’s worth it at current price too. I have easily spent over a grand on the steam deck from the actual unit (512 version at 650), 2tb SSD, 1tb SD card, case, dock, skins, back pad accessories, 1tb usb flash drive with usb c/usb a, etc.

So all to say, if you like tinkering/making it your own, and are trying not to blow out your budget entirely, may be worth to save. I am glad I got the anti glare screen as I’m still not up for replacing the screen myself, but if the lowest model had the same screen, would have gotten that one and just swapped the SSD.