Valve
Game consoles · Last assessed Jun 9, 2026
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The letter is the published assessment. Missing factor evidence is labeled; it does not become a zero.
Why this grade
Category gold standard. iFixit scored the Steam Deck LCD 7/10 and the Steam Deck OLED as high as 9/10. Valve partnered with iFixit to sell genuine first-party replacement parts and Fix Kits (shells, triggers, screens, batteries, daughterboards) plus official end-user repair instructions, runs on open Linux/SteamOS with no part pairing or serialization locks, and uses standard user-replaceable M.2 storage. Only meaningful deductions are the strongly glued-in battery and a charge port soldered to the motherboard. Highest official parts availability, best documentation, reasonable OEM pricing, and effectively zero software repair locks of any device in this category.
Sources
Methodology & scope
Five dimensions are scored 0–100 and weighted equally: parts availability, schematic access, repairability, OEM pricing and software freedom. The letter scale is A (90–100), B (80–89), C (70–79), D (60–69), F (below 60).
This assessment was last assessed Jun 9, 2026. Its assessment scope is Game consoles and is not a claim about every device the maker ships.
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Manufacturer response
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What makes up the grade
- Parts Availability
- 95 / 100
- Schematic Access
- 82 / 100
- Repairability
- 88 / 100
- OEM Pricing
- 92 / 100
- Software Freedom
- 98 / 100
Grade history
No grade changes are recorded.
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