I bought a 256GB refurbished Steam Deck 1 month ago. Now the same model, new, costs less then what I paid for the refurbished one.
This way Valve won’t let us sell our current Steam Deck for a good price.
And I would really like the new Steam Deck OLED, of course. It’s just better and, Valve knows, it brings what everyone didn’t like about the original Steam Deck. A better screen quality, better battery life, better WiFi.
YouTubers etc tested the device for a week before the announcement. They knew it. And of course a new device takes time to be developed.
What I mean is that they could have let us know about the new release a lot earlier instead of just a week earlier. I would have waited and I’m sure many other people too.
That’s a bad behavior and we have to do something.
Valve can’t disappoint us like this.
They should at least propose a trade in program.
I understand your disappointment. Even for me, having it for about 10 months, I’m not very confortable about this sudden announcement. What I always wanted is an OLED screen on this device. But losing about 1/3 of the value to sell it and paying at least $150 to buy the new one doesn’t sound like a mature choice.
It means that doing this would eventually cost the same as buying the entry model on stock right now.
I might consider selling it now and waiting for the future model or a competitor’s one. It may help lower the loss, as during this time (in 1-2 years), the value of my current device may drop by more than half.