About the Old Steam Deck Trade In for New Steam Deck Version

[awillis1198]

Is it possible for us those who have own Old Version of Steam Deck can Trade In for the New Version Steam just came out? Or, Is possible our Old Version of Steam can be upgrade by sending to the Company if they are allowed to do so. Please leave comment below what do u think of this?

[Boblin the Goblin]

No.

[Spawn of Totoro]

No, they do not offer such an option.

Best you can do is sell your current Deck and use that to lessen the cost of the new Deck. That or just keep using your current Deck.

[Heraclius Caesar]

Originally posted by awillis1198:

Is it possible for us those who have own Old Version of Steam Deck can Trade In for the New Version Steam just came out? Or, Is possible our Old Version of Steam can be upgrade by sending to the Company if they are allowed to do so. Please leave comment below what do u think of this?

What kind of delusional question is this? Why on earth would you think this would even be a possibility? The answer is No. If you want the OLED Steam Deck then you have to buy it.

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

It's up to Valve to decide if they want to do trade-in, but the problem is that they're not doing it at all, so there no trade in at all.

All you can do is list ad for your Steam deck that is for sale on eBay, or etc, and then use your earnings to buy your new Steam deck OLED.

Just to remind this isn't a new Steam deck 2.0, this just a refresh with OLED that it, think of Nintendo switch the did OLED version basically that it.

[N3tRunn3r]

I would never buy any tech which includes OLED, an organic material which completely "wears-off" within a decade, it is a typical waste and trash product.. nothing reliable..

QLED ? Yes, maybe .. !
OLED ? No, never ever !

OLED is already becoming obsolete tech..

And especially on the Steam Deck, a display cannot be exchanged that easily, just like a TV or PC Monitor, or even a Laptop screen ..

OLED "greys-out" potentially fast .. you see differences in color and sharpen quality already after 2 years, i would stay far away from that ..

QLED on the other side begins to "grey-out" or noticeably to "wear-off" after 10~11 years..

So with this OLED Steam Deck, you literally buy a device for hundreds of bucks which you can trash after a few years already.. or to exchange its display in a whole. Ooh I see money flowing.. just as same as crApple does..

[awillis1198]

Originally posted by N3tRunn3r:

I would never buy any tech which includes OLED, an organic material which completely "wears-off" within a decade, it is a typical waste and trash product.. nothing reliable..

QLED ? Yes, maybe .. !
OLED ? No, never ever !

OLED is already becoming obsolete tech..

And especially on the Steam Deck, a display cannot be exchanged that easily, just like a TV or PC Monitor, or even a Laptop screen ..

OLED "greys-out" potentially fast .. you see differences in color and sharpen quality already after 2 years, i would stay far away from that ..

QLED on the other side begins to "grey-out" or noticeably to "wear-off" after 10~11 years..

So with this OLED Steam Deck, you literally buy a device for hundreds of bucks which you can trash after a few years already.. or to exchange its display in a whole. Ooh I see money flowing.. just as same as crApple does..

So are u saying that OLED is bad and QLED is good?

[metaxaos]

Originally posted by Heraclius Caesar:

Originally posted by awillis1198:

Is it possible for us those who have own Old Version of Steam Deck can Trade In for the New Version Steam just came out? Or, Is possible our Old Version of Steam can be upgrade by sending to the Company if they are allowed to do so. Please leave comment below what do u think of this?

What kind of delusional question is this? Why on earth would you think this would even be a possibility? The answer is No. If you want the OLED Steam Deck then you have to buy it.

Apple does it alright.

[Heraclius Caesar]

Originally posted by metaxaos:

Originally posted by Heraclius Caesar:

What kind of delusional question is this? Why on earth would you think this would even be a possibility? The answer is No. If you want the OLED Steam Deck then you have to buy it.

Apple does it alright.

Cool, last time I checked though we're on Steam, not Apple, and Steam sure isn't doing trade ins where you send in your "old" Steam Deck and receive a brand new OLED Steam Deck. That's a pretty crazy expectation to have here.

[Yadrutas]

I assume you are asking if Steam offers a trade in program where you get a trade in credit to go towards getting the newest Steamdeck, like Apple or Samsung does? It seems like it's a "no". The website would have mentioned something like that if they did. Your best bet is to sell it second hand and try not to get scammed.

The new improvements seem to be more than battery life and an OLED screen. They improved the bluetooth on it, the track sensor is better, it runs cooler, and some other stuff you can look up on the official website. It's tempting, but the current one runs fine for me. If Steam makes a Steam Deck 2 or if they go with weird names like the Steam Deck 98 degrees; I might consider it.

[metaxaos]

Originally posted by Yadrutas:

I assume you are asking if Steam offers a trade in program where you get a trade in credit to go towards getting the newest Steamdeck, like Apple or Samsung does? It seems like it's a "no". The website would have mentioned something like that if they did. Your best bet is to sell it second hand and try not to get scammed.

The new improvements seem to be more than battery life and an OLED screen. They improved the bluetooth on it, the track sensor is better, it runs cooler, and some other stuff you can look up on the official website. It's tempting, but the current one runs fine for me. If Steam makes a Steam Deck 2 or if they go with weird names like the Steam Deck 98 degrees; I might consider it.

If they face disappointing sales because everyone’s willing to get a deck is already sitting on an old one, they might very well offer a trade in program.
They do sell refurbished decks already after all, they know how to handle this stuff.

[lamell.lucas]

Originally posted by Heraclius Caesar:

Originally posted by metaxaos:

Apple does it alright.

Cool, last time I checked though we're on Steam, not Apple, and Steam sure isn't doing trade ins where you send in your "old" Steam Deck and receive a brand new OLED Steam Deck. That's a pretty crazy expectation to have here.

Lol anything to warrent this level of hostility?

[nullable]

Well it's not really hostility, it's just that it's pretty typical when a user wants something, and their argument is, "well some other unrelated business does it", that sometimes they need to be reminded that other businesses are free to operate however they want.

So apple does it? Bully for them, Valve isn't an Apple company though.

Originally posted by metaxaos:

If they face disappointing sales because everyone’s willing to get a deck is already sitting on an old one, they might very well offer a trade in program.
They do sell refurbished decks already after all, they know how to handle this stuff.

Well that's not realistic: "Valve already sold all the Steam Deck's they're going to, so the only option to sell revisions is to incentivize current customers to trade theirs in."

I mean it's a lot of big if's and if it's not true then nothing you said will occur. And I'm not aware what evidence you have that would suggest that the only customers looking for an OLED Steam Deck are existing Steam Deck owners who are only interested if there's a trade in option... seems like a fantastic claim, so good luck producing that fantastic evidence.

[Kage Goomba]

That's like asking why Microsoft won't take trade ins on their Xbox - or Sony's Playstation.

No company really ever does that - the ROI is too low and not worth the cost of shipping/handling of equipment.

You're better off buying the new one and selling your old one to an another user at a slight loss (better than zero)

[Kage Goomba]

Originally posted by metaxaos:

Originally posted by Heraclius Caesar:

What kind of delusional question is this? Why on earth would you think this would even be a possibility? The answer is No. If you want the OLED Steam Deck then you have to buy it.

Apple does it alright.

Actually - no they really don't. (Cell phones don't count and frankly its a total rip off generally when its all said and done)

[malex2200]

I had the same thought about why a trade in offer has not been made. Trade in the gen 1 steam deck for a discount on the gen 2.

I am not saying that you turn in your gen 1 deck and receive a gen 2 without a cost, but you get a credit toward buying the new model.