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Steam Summer Sale drops Steam Deck price below a Nintendo Switch

Steam's Summer Sale begins June 27 with a 15 percent price cut on the Steam Deck 64 GB LCD launch model. Steeper discounts are expected on games later in the week.

The 15% off discount drops the Steam Deck ’s LCD, 64 GB format down to $296.45, or $100 less than its launch MSRP, in a teaser promotion two days before the Summer Sale begins in full. The only downside is this is the budget model that has since been superseded by one with a slightly larger OLED screen (which launched in November 2023), a longer-lasting battery, and storage options ranging from 512 GB to 1 TB. A second-generation newspaperman, Good's career before covering video games included daily newspaper stints in North Carolina; in upstate New York; in Washington, D.C., with the Associated Press; and…

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