ZeldaFreak | 3,600 Events Team · Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Figured you guys might like this vid, goes in to a lot of the technical details about it and whatnot. Definitely learned quite a bit about it from this vid, and I'm feeling pretty darn confident about my reservation at the moment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brickman | 3,983 Posted August 7, 2021 Author Share Posted August 7, 2021 7 hours ago, ZeldaFreak said: Figured you guys might like this vid, goes in to a lot of the technical details about it and whatnot. Definitely learned quite a bit about it from this vid, and I'm feeling pretty darn confident about my reservation at the moment. Thanks for the video, looks great. I’m hoping to get some hands on play with this in October or November. My cousin owns a game studio (well technically just sold it) and is the CEO. He has a few of the dev steam decks and said I can come to the studio to check them out. I’ll report back once I get to try one 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak | 3,600 Events Team · Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 3 minutes ago, Shmup said: Thanks for the video, looks great. I’m hoping to get some hands on play with this in October or November. My cousin owns a game studio (well technically just sold it) and is the CEO. He has a few of the dev steam decks and said I can come to the studio to check them out. I’ll report back once I get to try one Oh wow! Yeah, I'd definitely love to get some early first impressions of it. Mine won't be coming until sometime in Q2 of 2022, so I'll have plenty of time to cancel if reviews come out and it doesn't turn out as promising as it's looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart010 | 1,706 Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 (edited) Hmm we haven’t talked about Steam Deck since August 7. I wonder if this news is worthy of discussion: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ign.com/articles/phil-spencer-steam-deck-xbox-games-work-well%3famp=1 Phil Spencer Has a Steam Deck, and Says Xbox Games Work Well on It Edited September 19, 2021 by phart010 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,020 Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 This looks like a great deal given the high price of PC components. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpoonMan Abrams X | 697 Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 My best bud is all about this. I think it's neat, may pick one up eventually, but with how hard it is to preorder anything anymore cause Scalpers are among the worst of humanity and I do know how much I'd use it. Still looks really solid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkTone | 984 Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 This thing looks great. And I HATE pc gaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pendragonx | 117 Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 (edited) I think I've finally come around to thinking this is pretty neat. I -- dare I say it -- might actually preorder one Edited February 25, 2022 by Pendragonx spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brickman | 3,983 Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 https://www.destructoid.com/valve-says-steam-deck-shipping-on-track-february-2022-keep-those-fingers-crossed/ Looks like these are still on target for wave 1 in February. Anyone manage to get a pre order for wave 1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,898 Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 On 12/9/2021 at 12:49 PM, Pendragonx said: I think I've finally come around to thinking this is pretty neat. I -- are I say it -- might actually preorder one A device like this is probably the only thing that could get me to start going through a ridiculously long backlog of games that I want to play on PC, because I simply don't play PC games. Especially if someone can make some good/easy tutorials to load GoG games. I have a tooooooooon of GoG games I want to play. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWunderful | 2,927 Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 I bought the top-tier, so I’m not sure if that’s included in this. In my opinion, they should’ve sent out the highest tier 1st because it probably has the lowest amount of units sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pendragonx | 117 Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 my deposit said "After Q2 2022" ..so I will have to wait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.A. | 1,139 Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 (edited) I don't understand how their reservation que works. If you sign up now it says availability after Q2 2022. For me it says I put in my reservation on July 17th, and still says my expected availability is after Q2 2022. So it's exactly the same as a person who pre-orders today? That makes no sense. Edited January 14, 2022 by B.A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkchylde28 | 1,546 Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 3 hours ago, B.A. said: I don't understand how their reservation que works. If you sign up now it says availability after Q2 2022. For me it says I put in my reservation on July 17th, and still says my expected availability is after Q2 2022. So it's exactly the same as a person who pre-orders today? That makes no sense. It probably means that they didn't sell enough units to totally sell out their first batch ordered from their overseas factory. In that light, it makes perfect sense, and is a good thing for folks who were on the fence about buying one, with no effect for folks who stormed the beaches to preorder as soon as it was possible to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.A. | 1,139 Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 29 minutes ago, darkchylde28 said: It probably means that they didn't sell enough units to totally sell out their first batch ordered from their overseas factory. In that light, it makes perfect sense, and is a good thing for folks who were on the fence about buying one, with no effect for folks who stormed the beaches to preorder as soon as it was possible to do so. That doesn't jive with the talk of the 1st batch being available in Feb though. From everything I read they are shipping them out in order of reservation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkchylde28 | 1,546 Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 22 minutes ago, B.A. said: That doesn't jive with the talk of the 1st batch being available in Feb though. From everything I read they are shipping them out in order of reservation. Then I guess everybody who's talking publicly about their reservation dates and ETAs, regardless of how early they got in, actually missed the first batch (most likely quietly reserved by Valve specifically for reviewers, "influencers," etc.), and are all part of the second one. Hard to say, though, with Valve not releasing any specifics regarding how many units were available in each wave, and seemingly zero regular folks coming forward to talk about having an ETA that reflects the possible PR announcement (versus true shipping date) that Valve alluded to yesterday. Valve's wording does say they're going to start "getting these out the door" by the end of February versus "these will be in folks' hands" by then, so perhaps they're quietly, in a misleading manner, actually talking about when completed units will get on the boat and leave China. If that's the case, a ~Q2 delivery date to consumers would make some sense given the amount of time stuff like that often takes to make its way over via container ship, combined with all the delays we've seen with such stuff in the last year or two. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegularGuyGamer | 2,012 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 How do you find out when it'll ship or any info on how to pay in full? I made my preorder like the day they dropped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pendragonx | 117 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 (edited) I assume you'll be getting an email saying you can now pay... "Customers will have 3 days (72 hours) from receipt of their order email to make their purchase, before their reservation is released to the next person in the queue” also -- I think emails won't start till 10am PST if i recall correctly.. Edited February 25, 2022 by Pendragonx 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pendragonx | 117 Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Valve posted this "Steam Deck: Q1 Shipping Details Hi! Happy launch day! We’ve seen some questions about what it means to be in the Q1 reservation group, and when these folks will receive their emails. Here’s how it breaks down. All people who are in the Q1 reservation window on the Steam Deck store page will receive an order email by the end of March. (Q1 is Quarter 1, or January through March). The first batch of emails has already gone out this morning. The next batch of emails will go out on Monday, March 7th. (It turns out the logistics work out better if we don’t try to ship over a weekend.) We’ll continue sending emails to Q1 reservers in the order their reservations were made on a weekly basis through the end of March (March 14th, 21st, 28th) In April, we’ll start going through the Q2 queue in a similar fashion. We’re working through our production schedules, and will have news soon for folks in the After-Q2 bucket." Which surprised me as I thought they were just rolling emails out as needed.. not waiting a week apart :-/ seems like that will take a long time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWunderful | 2,927 Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Us 512gb scrubs gonna be waiting 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brickman | 3,983 Posted April 6, 2022 Author Share Posted April 6, 2022 Looks like they’re going to start ramping up Q2 shipments: https://www.destructoid.com/valve-ramping-up-steam-deck-pre-order-deliveries-for-q2/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.A. | 1,139 Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Got my email this morning. 256GB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splain | 2,561 Editorials Team · Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Trying to decide if I want one, now that I'm seeing them everywhere. I already waited too long to order, I wonder how long it would take if I ordered today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkTone | 984 Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Friend just got his, and loves it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak | 3,600 Events Team · Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 On 7/11/2022 at 4:00 PM, Splain said: Trying to decide if I want one, now that I'm seeing them everywhere. I already waited too long to order, I wonder how long it would take if I ordered today. A loooooong time most likely. Probably, at best, maybe this time next year, but even that's a somewhat optimistic estimate I feel. I placed my pre-order around 3 days after pre-orders first opened, and according to a handy little bot someone made to estimate your time in the queue, I'm roughly 10% of the way to my order email. Probably won't get mine 'til maybe very late August or early September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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