Valve has confirmed that production of the Steam Deck has gone better than expected, and so even more (yes again) people will be seeing their emails to purchase one.
This has happened multiple times recently, so things are going very well over at Valve. Back at the end of July Valve announced they had sorted issues with their supply chain, then in the middle of August they also announced the number of emails going out was increasing.
Now we're back again because developer Lawrence Yang mentioned on Twitter yesterday:
Hi all, a few of you may have received an order email for your “Q4 window” Steam Deck reservation today. This wasn’t a mistake! Production has outperformed our estimates, and we’ll be moving more Q4 folks into the Q3 window.
Official announcement and info coming soon. 🎉
No other announcement has arrived yet, so likely an official Steam news post coming later this week. As a reminder, emails to purchase a Steam Deck go out every Monday and Thursday. Update: Yang also clarified on Twitter the reservation dates haven't been updated just yet.
Be sure to check out my essential Tips and Tricks for the Steam Deck and check out a few suggested games to pick up that won't break your bank balance.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Last edited by damarrin on 23 August 2022 at 9:44 am UTC
TheRiddick Aug 23, 2022
MasterSleort Aug 23, 2022
I do hope that it is simply because they are able to produce them faster, and they therefore end up in more users' hands. At this rate it may almost be available for Christmas for new buyers.
I imagine the production its increasing because it's no longer necessary to produce useless crypto miners.
Nvidia/amd are not producing the new graphics card and want to wait as there are to much on the market and aren't selling as much.
Or simply the production has increased.
I'm waiting to try mine this or next week.
My deck it's already on the way (after waiting a year).Is this really the case? I'm thinking about upgrading my desktop since a while and haven't yet stumbled upon new parts for super cheap, yet.
I imagine the production its increasing because it's no longer necessary to produce useless crypto miners.
Nvidia/amd are not producing the new graphics card and want to wait as there are to much on the market and aren't selling as much.
Or simply the production has increased.
I'm waiting to try mine this or next week.
Is this really the case? I'm thinking about upgrading my desktop since a while and haven't yet stumbled upon new parts for super cheap, yet.
For GPUs, it's was getting less bad, but not yet good when I looked last time.
Meeh, now I don't have a special status anymore as one of the chosen few with a Deck. Now everyone will have a deck.
*hug *
Meeh, now I don't have a special status anymore as one of the chosen few with a Deck. Now everyone will have a deck.Yes, that is my issue with the whole supply situation as well. I already miss being special.
gradyvuckovic Aug 23, 2022
Looking forward to the day the existing market is saturated enough for Valve to start selling to Australia.
I'm already importing mine from the US but as soon as one is available in Australia to buy, I'm buying one as a gift for someone.
Click here to sign a petition to make Valve slow down production!
Mohandevir Aug 23, 2022
Last edited by Mohandevir on 23 August 2022 at 12:40 pm UTC
Mohandevir Aug 23, 2022
Weird that they claim Q4 emails are going out, while mine says expected Q3 and I haven't gotten one. Maybe the cheaper ones are more readily available?
Yep! It's exactly this. The 512gb model is a lot longer to get than any other.
Last edited by Mohandevir on 23 August 2022 at 12:51 pm UTC
Weird that they claim Q4 emails are going out, while mine says expected Q3 and I haven't gotten one. Maybe the cheaper ones are more readily available?It's also a region thing too of course, some regions just have more stock.
Good job Valve! Let's make the Linux market share higher than ever!Yes, I'm looking forward to seeing them all showing up in the stats.
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