Steam Deck is getting a restricted version white mannequin

The Steam Deck will quickly are available in white, with Valve asserting the hand held console’s new colourway on Monday. You may must pay somewhat extra for the aesthetic, although.

The Steam Deck OLED: Restricted Version White will likely be out there from Nov. 18 at 6 p.m. EST / 3 p.m. PST in each area the place the console is already out there. It can even be out there in Australia, arriving with the Steam Deck’s long-awaited launch within the area on Nov. 19 at 10 a.m. AEST.

If you have already got a Steam Deck, there is not a lot level in selecting up the white model. The Steam Deck OLED: Restricted Version White is precisely the identical because the Steam Deck OLED’s 1TB mannequin by way of specs. Each consoles have a 1280 x 800 HDR OLED show, as much as 90Hz refresh charge, and sufficient energy for round three to 12 hours of gameplay.

The first distinction between the 2 is that the Steam Deck OLED: Restricted Version White is, because the identify suggests, colored white and gray. Valve additionally notes that it comes with a white carry case, versus the everyday black one, in addition to a white microfibre material that can assist you hold your machine clear.

Except for this, the one different distinction between the black and white Steam Decks is their worth. Whereas the common black 1TB Steam Deck will set you again $649, the Restricted Version White prices $679, charging you an additional $30 for the aesthetic.

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When you’re debating whether or not to choose it up anyway, you’d higher determine shortly. The white Steam Deck will solely be out there in “restricted portions, with inventory allotted proportionally throughout every area,” and just one might be bought per Steam account. Precisely how restricted stated portions are is unclear, however Valve has acknowledged that they will not be doing one other run.

“As this can be a restricted version launch, we won’t be making extra of this specific design,” stated Valve. “As soon as we’re bought out, we will likely be bought out.”

Easy methods to get the white Steam Deck

Buying a Steam Deck is not so simple as including it to your Amazon cart, although. The console will likely be out there by the Steam retailer (besides in some Asian areas the place it is going to be out there by way of Komodo). Nonetheless, customers will solely be capable of purchase it in the event that they spent a minimum of $US5 within the Steam retailer previous to this month, so anybody who hasn’t carried out that already is just out of luck. Valve has beforehand acknowledged that it limits consumer accounts that have not made such transactions as a way to weed out spam and malicious customers.

Your account additionally needs to be in “good standing” for Valve to allow you to buy a Steam Deck, the corporate apparently disinterested in promoting consoles to individuals who set up cheat applications. To examine your standing beneath the Valve Anti-Cheat System (VAC), open the Steam app in your PC, click on “Steam,” choose “Settings,” then hit the “Study Extra” button subsequent to “VAC standing.” It can then let you know whether or not your account is in good standing, or in the event you’ve been caught being a dirty cheat.

Comparable restrictions apply to those that need to purchase the usual black Steam Deck as effectively, although by now they’ve had greater than sufficient time to spend $5 and turn out to be limitless customers. The black Steam Deck is not a restricted version mannequin both, so even if you cannot purchase it this month, there’s at all times the subsequent.