|OT| Valve's Steam Deck - OLED refresh shipping to folks

[prudis]

 

[Ascheroth]

For all of you getting your early units:

A quick note for folks receiving their Steam Decks in the first couple weeks

1. Plug it in before booting to get your Steam Deck out of ship mode.
   
   
2. Congrats! You got one of the first Steam Decks off the factory floor. This being the case, you'll see some updates out of the box. For instance, the system software (specifically Steam Deck’s BIOS) requires an update.
   
   
3. The BIOS update will take place on technical looking, sideways screen, but don’t worry, this is completely normal. Just let it do its thing and you’ll be on your way to an improved Steam Deck experience. Future updates won’t look like this (and customers in the near future won't see this at all).
   
   
4. For other questions, resources, and links, see the list above.
   
   
5. Have fun! The team is having a blast shipping this product, and we hope you love Steam Deck as much as we do.

 

[prudis]

so as noone made new OT and few people asked me to rename this to OT, this post marks the change to OT

 

[Nzyme]

Here are the starting prices elsewhere, according to Valve:

• NT$ 13,380 in Taiwan
• HK$ 3,288 in Hong Kong
• KRW 589,000 in Korea

Each translates to around $450 USD.

https://steamcommunity.com/games/1675200/announcements/detail/3413183219974962934

We are happy to announce today that Steam Deck is expanding to more regions. With the help of Komodo, Steam Deck will ship later this year in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.

We have worked with the team at Komodo for years, and are excited to have their help as our authorized reseller of Steam Deck in these regions. Komodo has just opened reservations on their website here at steamdeck.komodo.jp. Customers with reservations in these new regions will be able to order their Steam Decks starting later this year. The Komodo reservation queue is separate from the reservation queue in NA / UK / EU regions, so the timing of order emails in the currently shipping regions isn't impacted by this announcement.

We're very excited to make Steam Deck available in more places around the world, and hope players in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong will love Steam Deck as much as we do. To help introduce players to Steam Deck ahead of availability in these regions, we are working with Komodo to put together a large booth at the Tokyo Game Show, which will include a large hands-on section. Please stop by if you happen to be in town during TGS, we'd love to see you.

That's all for today, more news soon.

 

[prudis]

Steam Deck

Available now.

www.steamdeck.com

See other updates to Steam Deck OLED

• Updated APU to 6 nm for better efficiency
• Updated memory to 6400 MT/s, improving latency and power management
• Increased thermal module thickness and performance

• Increased active area to 7.4" (from 7.0")
• Updated refresh rate to 90Hz (from 60Hz)
• Updated peak brightness to 1000 nits
• Updated touchscreen polling rate to 180Hz, improved latency and accuracy

• Updated WiFi / Bluetooth module
• Added support for WiFi 6E
• Added support for Bluetooth 5.3, supporting newer codecs such as aptX HD and aptX low-latency
• Added third antenna near the top of the device for better Bluetooth performance, including when docked
• Added support for wake from Bluetooth controllers

• Improved bass response for an overall flatter sound profile
• Added support for using onboard microphone array simultaneously with the 3.5mm headphones connector

• Adjusted analog stick top material and shape for increased grip and dust build-up resistance
• Adjusted analog stick post material to improve interaction feel with front cover and reduce wear
• Improved reliability of analog stick touch detection
• Improved responsiveness and tactility of shoulder buttons switch mechanism
• Adjusted D-pad snap ratio and diagonal interactions
• Redesigned trackpad for improved fidelity and edge detection
• Greatly improved trackpad haptics feel and precision

• Improved battery capacity from 40Wh to 50Wh
• Improved battery chemistry for faster charging, from 20% to 80% in as little as 45 minutes
• Changed charging LED to WRGB
• Added support for waking up from initial unboxing by long-pressing power button instead of requiring AC power
• Adjusted power supply cable length from 1.5m to 2.5m
• Added logo to power supply

• Reduced total system weight to ~640g, or ~5% less than Steam Deck
• Rear cover screws now thread into metal
• Adjusted rear cover screw heads to Torx™, as well as other materials and geometry tweaks on the heads to reduce stripping risk
• Lowered number of screw types throughout system
• Reduced step count required for common repairs
• Improved bumper switch mechanism drop reliability
• Moved bumper switch to joystick board for easier repair
• Improved display repair/replacement to not require taking rear cover off

• Greatly improved memory power management firmware
• Added preliminary support for open-source BIOS and EC firmware
• Improved resume time by roughly 30%