Surprise, gamers. Valve just launched its first-ever Steam Black Friday sale, and you know what it means: huge discounts on tons of PC games. You can head over to SteamPowered.com and look around, but Valve's handheld Steam Deck console is definitely the star of the show today. There is a rare discount on the base model – starting at $400. Only down to $319.20 through Saturday.
This is the OG Steam Deck and the non-updated version, which is now showing its age with an AMD Ryzen Zen 2 APU. It also has a smaller and dimmer 7-inch screen and a slightly smaller battery than the updated Steam Deck OLED, which is clearly No on sale, and also less space – only 256 GB of internal memory. With that said, just over $300 is a fantastic price for a machine that can play most games on Steam without issue and runs SteamOS for stability and smoothness. You might want to get a microSD card or a new SSD to increase memory capacity for larger 3D games.
If you're looking for something newer, you should definitely pay attention to the Lenovo Legion Go S, which is also on sale. It's the first non-Valve portable gaming PC to run SteamOS straight out of the box, instead of Windows, and feature a new processor, more memory, a larger, higher-resolution screen, longer battery life… you name it. It usually costs $650, but Best Buy is offering it for $200 off today, making it a great alternative to the Steam Deck OLED for $100 less.
At the moment, all attention is focused on Valve, which, after the release of the game, rather stole the glory of Microsoft and Asus. ROG Ally Xbox. This laptop is Microsoft's answer to the Steam Deck, featuring a new, sleeker Windows interface for small gaming devices. Xbox Full Screen Mode (It's Windows, not Xbox, but whatever) now available on all portable devicesand when testing laptops and desktops. But while there won't be a new Steam Deck model coming out anytime soon, gamers are salivating. new Steam Machine gizmo for desktop/mini PC/console And Steam Frame VR headsetboth are scheduled for release in early 2026.
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