Though the Steam Deck made its debut back in late February, a perfect storm of demand and production complications have led to a wave-by-wave fulfillment of pre-orders that is yet still ongoing. "Production has picked up, and after today we'll be shipping more than double the number of Steam Decks every week!" "We just sent the last batch of Q2 emails, and we’ll start sending Q3 reservation emails on the 30th," reads the update shared to Twitter. So, you definitely get something extra the more you pay, and it isn't just for the base model.The storefront owner, hardware producer, and occasional game development studio took to Twitter to confirm that the next batch of Steam Decks are readying to ship, and that production is accelerating. The highest-end model comes with an anti-glare etched glass too. It's worth pointing out that there's a difference in storage speeds between the 256GB and 512GB variants too, according to Valve. Related: Best NVMe SSDs for Faster Performance
You cannot buy the 64GB model and swap it with an aftermarket NVMe drive down the line since none of the internal hardware is user-upgradable. The mid and high-end models with NVMe SSDs can deliver transfer speeds upwards of 2000MB/s which should be plenty for any game you throw at it for years to come. These speeds wouldn't matter in casual games, but it may limit you with loading times, especially if you play demanding PC titles.
The transfer speeds for eMMC storage max out at 400MB/s at its present standard, which is just a fraction of what an average NVMe drive can deliver. This is the cost-cutting measure we were talking about. Now, here's why it may matter to you. Instead, it uses eMMC storage similar to the one in the Nintendo Switch. Unless you go through the specifications, you possibly wouldn't know that the base model doesn't have an SSD.
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