Steam Deck comes to Australia in November

Australian players will not have to purchase Steam Deck at exorbitant costs from a reseller anymore or to import them into the nation with assist from a good friend abroad. At PAX Australia, Valve has introduced that it’ll begin promoting the hand-held PC gaming gadget within the nation beginning in November. At present, the Steam Deck remains to be solely accessible within the US, Canada, UK and EU, in addition to in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong through Komodo’s web site. However Valve has up to date the console’s official page with an announcement that claims “Your Video games, down beneath November 2024.”

Each LCD and OLED variations will likely be offered in Australia, with the 256GB LCD variant setting patrons again by $649 AUD. The 512GB OLED console will price $899 AUD, whereas the 1TB OLED model will likely be offered for $1,049 AUD. Valve released the OLED Steam Deck final 12 months as a mid-cycle refresh with a greater display screen, higher battery life, higher haptics and higher parts total than the unique. Its OLED display screen has thinner bezels, include native help for HDR and has quicker body charges.

Regardless that the LCD model is not purported to be good as its newer sibling, we nonetheless assume that it is one of the best handheld PCs available on the market. It is nonetheless highly effective sufficient to run most Steam video games, together with AAA titles, and it’s cheaper than the OLED console.