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[-] GammaGames@beehaw.org 63 points 1 year ago

Hell yeah, refurbished is awesome!

[-] 1stTime4MeInMCU@mander.xyz 29 points 1 year ago

Reduce, refurb, recycle!

[-] ono@lemmy.ca 51 points 1 year ago

I suspect Valve is truly refurbishing these, rather than blindly reselling returned units with a refurb label (as we sometimes see from certain retailers). Good for them!

Portable, Windows-free gaming just got more affordable. I love it.

[-] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 37 points 1 year ago

And they come with the same warranty coverage as the regular steam deck, which should make them safer to buy than most refurbished products.

[-] Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 year ago

Less waste is good!

[-] snowbell@beehaw.org 16 points 1 year ago

Damn, I just bought one of these too XD

[-] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago

This is such a good deal I feel like I'd be losing money by not getting these lol

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 15 points 1 year ago

I already have one, but now I'll have to buy another to save money

[-] Cryst@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

If you buy 10 you'll save even more. It's like getting your steam deck for free! Hah, valve must be stupid or something, they're giving steam decks away!

[-] Mythril@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

Man, they are still not selling them in Norway, so only one shop has them as a "special import", and it cost 827GBP for even the 64GB version lol.

Oh well, not as if it is that useful for me since I am usually at home almost all the time after work anyways. I have barely even used the Nintendo Switch's portable mode.

[-] Omegamanthethird@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

What do people even do with 64GB? There's a lot of games that wouldn't even fit on that by themselves.

[-] snowbell@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I use mine mostly to play older games that cant be alt tabbed easily. Playing through Morrowind with the OpenMW engine lately, for example. Also been doing a lot of Yakuza 0. I have a 64 GB SD card as well though. For the really big stuff I can stream from my gaming PC.

[-] gsf@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 year ago
[-] laxsill@infosec.pub 11 points 1 year ago

That's actually pretty cool.

[-] Gawanoh@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago

I got my valve cosmos elite refurbished, 200 bucks off. I love to buy refurbished so much, often it is hard to find.

[-] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Normally I am hesitant about refurbs, but Valve is one company I trust would stand by their product. Pretty good deal. I'd probably pick it up if I didn't have my pre-order unit.

[-] ilco@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That is great news. This could make moding a steamdeck a bit more buget friendly. Would love to know if this option is avalible in the eu (nl) I wouldn't mind getting a refurbishd steam if it's cheaper

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