Australian players will no longer have to purchase Steam Decks at exorbitant prices from a reseller or import them into the country with the help of an overseas friend. At PAX Australia, Valve announced that it will begin selling the portable PC gaming device in the country starting in November. The Steam Deck is currently only available in the US, Canada, UK, and EU, as well as Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong via the Komodo website. But Valve has updated the official console page with an ad that says “Your games, until November 2024.”
Both the LCD and OLED versions will be sold in Australia, with the 256GB LCD variant costing buyers $649 AUD. The 512GB OLED console will cost $899 AUD, while the 1TB OLED version will sell for $1,049 AUD. Valve released the OLED Steam Deck last year as a mid-cycle refresh with a better display, better battery life, better haptics, and better overall components than the original. Its OLED display has thinner bezels, comes with native support for HDR, and has faster frame rates.
Although the LCD version is not supposed to be as good as its newer sibling, we still think it is one of the best laptop PCs on the market. It's still powerful enough to run most Steam games, including AAA titles, and is cheaper than the OLED console.
