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[Kogan First] Valve Steam Deck Handheld Gaming Console 256GB $899, Google Pixel 6 Pro 128GB Stormy Black $599 Delivered @ Kogan

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Valve Steam Deck Handheld Gaming Console with NVMe SSD Faster Storage (256GB) sold by Kogan $899 and get $8.99 Rewards Credit.

Google Pixel 6 Pro 5G (128GB, Stormy Black) sold by Electronics Superstore $599 and get $5.99 Rewards Credit.

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  • Anyone have experience dealing with Kogan and warranty? Steamdeck isn't officially available here so no idea what warranty would be like if it breaks.

    • +1

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqyrAvNzvgU&t=64s
      Here's one example I found where they had a positive experience with warranty.

      I've read through various experiences with both Kogan and Ebay stores and pretty much all of them had a positive experience with warranty for the Steam Deck,
      It's just that it can sometimes take a bit more time than people have patience for.

    • +1

      i would like to think dealing with kogan directly is a LITTLE bit safer than the other 3rd party sellers on their marketplace such as vchain etc.
      i got a 256gb in the first kogan pre-sale round and still going good now…

    • My experience has generally been good.

    • I bought a robotic vacuum through Kogan recently which was defective. The process was pretty easy, I got on chat and provided some video to show what it was doing. They confirmed it was an issue and immediately sent me a new unit along with a return postage sticker for the defective unit, and it was all sorted within 4 days beginning to end, so I was pretty happy with that. The new unit has been working for well over a month now without issue, but the actual warranty process was super easy.

    • I bought a galaxy S8 a few years back, failed after 6 months. Return and replaced without any issues but did take about 3 weeks to go through the process.

  • Is this price likely to be bettered during Black Friday? I'm keen now but this is ozbargain :-)

    • +5

      Is this price likely to be bettered during Black Friday?

      For that. We must consult the oracle that is the magic 8ball.

      Magic 8ball says maybe.

      • Yeah I know, impossible to say.

    • I asked Stevo down at the train station and he said it will get cheaper and come with durries.

      • Good ol' Stevo. Never lets me down.

  • +6

    Wait for the 64gb version to go sub 600. swapout 64 GB for a 2Tb and you have a power house gaming and emulation machine for less than $800. I bought one from eBay deal at $659 and it works like a dream. Dual boot with windows and plenty of room to tinker any thing

    • I don't have a Steam Deck myself yet, but I've heard/read that most things can be run off an SD with no noticeable performance loss, so don't even need to open it up to get more storage.

      • +1

        The shader cache is usually what takes up the storage. Installing a few larger games will fill up the 64gb drive quickly with shader cache.

        • -1

          Play delete reinstall and so on

      • +1

        I only have fallout 4 running from deck inbuilt memory, everything else is on sd… I don’t really feel much load time difference compared to pc performance

      • +2

        nah the microSD slot is really slow when it comes to operational things. once a game is copied there it's fine - you won't notice a difference in game load times. but if you install windows, just booting and loading takes about 5 minutes vs 20-30seconds if it's internal.

        Also installing a game to microSD slot takes a while. I local transfer from my PC and when I transfer to internal storage I average 95MB/sec (both connected to gigabit local ethernet), when I local transfer to the microSD (even after trimming it) max (peak) I'll get is 45MB/sec, average about 20MB/sec. And that's with a Samsung EVO plus card (U3, A2 V30 / rated at 130MB/sec).

      • microSD are more expensive per GB than a SSD. And a good deal slower. I used to get shutter warnings on PS2 emulation running off microSD. 2TB was an impulse buy for me but I have seen 1tb go for $80 which is very good value

    • Don’t think it will go below $600

      • It is possible, lowest price was $659. If you are going to be travelling and is able to claim TRS. Total price will drop down to $599.1

        • I’d like to have it under $600 but I also wanna buy from a good place like Amazon who will back warranty easy

          I have never had good experience with Kogan to be honest

        • Oh I see. So you could apply the same logic and get the 256GB for just over $817? I'm off overseas in 4 weeks so that would work.

      • once steam deck 2 comes out it would be.

        • Waiting till 2025 but yes true

    • This is the correct answer

  • portability is good, its just a small screen to play with.

    • +3

      Same size screen as Switch OLED and ROG Ally

      • Yet body is roughly 3x size, screen not oled and is 60hz

        • Lets not forget the fact it is still $400 more than the Deck listed here, or about $600 more than the ATL of the 64gb model.

          • @JMxoxo: yea. they all have their merits. unfortunately i've only heard complaints about windows on handhelds. if windows ever makes a dedicated version for handhelds that has a good suspend function then it'll destroy the market

    • wouldn't be as portable plus the screen is only 800p so you don't want it too big

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