Valve announces the SteamDeck

Kreeeee · 16 Jul 2021 at 18:34

malachi said:
Thing is, will they actually ship it outside the UK when the time comes ?

Already had a bunch of pre-orders cancelled because of whatever law came into effect on 1st July.

Neither country are in the EU, and they have bilateral agreements between them so should be OK.

Sem · 16 Jul 2021 at 18:34

now im getting "Your account is too new to reserve early. Reservations will open for you on Sunday July 18th, 10am PDT"

despite having a badge for 16 years service

lol oh steam :rolleyes:

malachi · 16 Jul 2021 at 18:35

Kreeeee said:
Neither country are in the EU, and they have bilateral agreements between them so should be OK.

Thanks, i give it a try.

McBain · 16 Jul 2021 at 18:36

Sem said:
now im getting "Your account is too new to reserve early. Reservations will open for you on Sunday July 18th, 10am PDT"

despite having a badge for 16 years service

lol oh steam

I got that in a browser try the app.

RedStarRiot · 16 Jul 2021 at 18:38

McBain said:
I got that in a browser try the app.

I got this in the mobile app. I'll need to fire up the browser

Sem · 16 Jul 2021 at 18:39

McBain said:
I got that in a browser try the app.

lol i got it from the app i have both the app and chrome open trying to get the 512 version

4k4uNuNu · 16 Jul 2021 at 18:41

nitram100 said:
I pre ordered the top model. Took about 3 minutes for the transaction to go through!

This isn't preordering sadly. Although it looks and feels a hell of a lot like preordering, it doesn't guarantee one on release day.

d3moliti0n · 16 Jul 2021 at 18:41

Got my reservation in for the 512GB at 18:13. Is it saying 'Expected order availability: Q1 2022' for everyone else :confused:

ProStreet · 16 Jul 2021 at 18:42

Now saying for new orders, expect order q1 2022. Got my reservation at 6:01pm

unKle · 16 Jul 2021 at 18:43

Finally gone through after switching to visa, still took a few attempts.

ProStreet · 16 Jul 2021 at 18:43

unKle said:
Finally gone through after switching to visa, still took a few attempts.

I preloaded £4 into my steam wallet, it saved a lot of time.

Sem · 16 Jul 2021 at 18:45

ive finally got the 512gb despite being ready at 5:59
im probably way down the list and wont get in the first batch but at least the reservation is in

Loosecannon · 16 Jul 2021 at 18:45

Ordered about 6:08, took another 20 minutes to come through on email!

d3moliti0n · 16 Jul 2021 at 18:49

smeemi said:
Now saying for new orders, expect order q1 2022. Got my reservation at 6:01pm

Maybe that's for all of them? I was only 12 minutes behind (despite being ready for 6pm) and it's saying that for me too.

Sipha · 16 Jul 2021 at 18:50

Utterly useless. Ive been trying every second since 6pm and just hitting a brick wall of errors.

jonneymendoza · 16 Jul 2021 at 18:51

finally got my order pushed through

EdwardTeach · 16 Jul 2021 at 18:53

Placed an order for the 512. May our may not cancel, depending on what more we hear about our closer to the time.

I tend to use my switch docked exclusively, so I am not sure I will make good use of this.

eggyoke · 16 Jul 2021 at 18:55

Right, well, I'm out. Been sat trying to buy the thing for 50mins. Steam itself seems to be preventing me now, saying I've tried too many times. I'm beginning to feel like an idiot.

With all the technology, resources and systems at their disposal, you'd think they'd be able to handle this "closed purchase window" a little better. It's going to be impossible reserving one when it opens to the public.

Looks like a new member for the Unbuyable's team. PS5, XSX, GPUs, and now Steam Deck.
Worlds gone mad and I cba anymore

unwashed potato! · 16 Jul 2021 at 18:56

Random Guy Esq. said:
Ah, that's pretty good in fairness. Thanks!

Good yep, but I do wonder if it effects performance.

the_jetsetwilly · 16 Jul 2021 at 18:56

dock comes as an add on item, hmmm

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