Wednesday, July 28th 2021
Further Steam Deck Pre-Orders to be Available Only From Q2 2022
To state that the Steam Deck made a splash when it was announced is an understatement - interest in the portable handheld console with its tight Steam integration is still going strong even after initial orders and the now ubiquitous scalping shenanigans, with eBay sellers looking for some $5,000 just for the end user to take their Steam Deck from their reservation queue place. Interest in the Steam handheld has been so immense, in fact, that it seems that shipping of all versions - even the entry-level one with 64 GB of eMMC storage - has slipped to Q2 2022.
When the handheld was first announced back on the 16th of July, initial shipments were expected to be sent out by the end of this year. However, Valve has now updated its estimated availability, bringing about a few more months of waiting for anyone just entering the queue - and possible 2023 slippings for further reservations. The "after 2Q 2022" is as vague as it comes as well - these units could be shipped in the first day of the quarter or face a delay until the release of the Steam Deck 4 (since Valve will skip the number 3, of course). We'll have to see whether there are any delays for already-confirmed pre-orders, but for now, it seems that if you've locked in an earlier delivery date, your order hasn't been affected.
Sources:
Valve, via Tom's Hardware
When the handheld was first announced back on the 16th of July, initial shipments were expected to be sent out by the end of this year. However, Valve has now updated its estimated availability, bringing about a few more months of waiting for anyone just entering the queue - and possible 2023 slippings for further reservations. The "after 2Q 2022" is as vague as it comes as well - these units could be shipped in the first day of the quarter or face a delay until the release of the Steam Deck 4 (since Valve will skip the number 3, of course). We'll have to see whether there are any delays for already-confirmed pre-orders, but for now, it seems that if you've locked in an earlier delivery date, your order hasn't been affected.
32 Comments on Further Steam Deck Pre-Orders to be Available Only From Q2 2022
Um, sources? There doesn't seem to be Any complaining from reserved customers about their estimated dates being pushed back.
Edit: Good article revision; thanks for fixing that!
for Indie games... I'd rather have the new OLED from Nintendo, at least then I am getting the best picture quality available in humanity. OLED is heaven. but again no nintendo first party titles really interest me, and I don't want to buy the same indie games again...
if this steam deck had an OLED screen I'd 100% be keeping it just so I could play my indie games in glorious OLED on the cheap.
Feels bad man, living in one those shitty regions.
besides, I dont play billiards anymore....
So everyones situation is different.
I am leaning toward the Nintendo OLED though to be completely honest... infinite blacks and beautiful colors make gaming so more immersive imo. I most likely will cancel my Steam Deck pre-order and keep my Nintendo OLED pre-order, I was lucky enough to get one in. Should be here October 10th or so. My town still has a rental store for games, so I can go rent Switch games for cheap, so the high price of Nintendo games really doesn't divert me too much thanks to this.
Sometimes I really wish we were part of the EU :/