Valve has confirmed two tasty bits of info today for those waiting on getting a Steam Deck, and for those curious about how things are currently going.
While a Valve developer teased recently that production was better than expected so more people are getting their purchase emails, as of today the new reservation windows are actually up and so you might find if you were in Q4 you might now be in Q3. As they said on Twitter:
Great news! We are making more Steam Decks than ever, and have just updated shipping window estimates for reservation holders. If you were previously in the Q4 (Oct-Dec) window, take a look - you might be in Q3 now!
As for how things are going?
Well, it's clearly a success but how much of one? In a follow-up Twitter post they gave a tiny bit of insight without revealing any numbers but it's obviously good news:
Another fun stat - the number of Steam Deck reservations being made on a daily basis continues to grow, and is at its highest since our launch earlier this year!📈
Exciting times. This is great for the Steam Deck and SteamOS of course but also Linux Gaming as a whole. No surprise to see the Steam Deck has been in the top 5 of the Weekly Global Top Sellers for nearly half a year and a lot of that at number 1.
Hopefully at some point we will see more games with anti-cheat roll out support for Steam Deck and Proton, so all Linux gamers can benefit from it. Looking at you, Destiny 2.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
*finally* got my email to purchase!!
Congratulations!
You need some more patience, though. Five days later, I'm still at "Mailing starts in a short time" (sorry for the translation, what would that be in real English?).
*finally* got my email to purchase!!
Congratulations!
You need some more patience, though. Five days later, I'm still at "Mailing starts in a short time" (sorry for the translation, what would that be in real English?).
Huh? If you get the email, you can purchase right? If you translated from a Nordic language I can try to translate.
You need some more patience, though. Five days later, I'm still at "Mailing starts in a short time" (sorry for the translation, what would that be in real English?).
Huh? If you get the email, you can purchase right? If you translated from a Nordic language I can try to translate.
You can send them the money immediately, yes, but shipping (the start of the shipping) takes some more days. I just wanted to look up the English and German text, but found it changed to "Shipped on 30 Aug, 2022 - Tracking". :) So, it was five days for me before the parcel went on its way. (I remember similar with the Steam Controller back then.)
*edit* Ah, so "shipping" would have been more clear, not "mailing", I guess.
Last edited by Eike on 30 August 2022 at 10:59 am UTC
You need some more patience, though. Five days later, I'm still at "Mailing starts in a short time" (sorry for the translation, what would that be in real English?).
Huh? If you get the email, you can purchase right? If you translated from a Nordic language I can try to translate.
You can send them the money immediately, yes, but shipping (the start of the shipping) takes some more days. I just wanted to look up the English and German text, but found it changed to "Shipped on 30 Aug, 2022 - Tracking". :) So, it was five days for me before the parcel went on its way. (I remember similar with the Steam Controller back then.)
*edit* Ah, so "shipping" would have been more clear, not "mailing", I guess.
Ah. Shipped. Time depends on where you are. Should be a few business days.
*finally* got my email to purchase!!
Congratulations!
You need some more patience, though. Five days later, I'm still at "Mailing starts in a short time" (sorry for the translation, what would that be in real English?).
Yeah, I fully expect it to be a few days before it ships out.. but I'm stoked to finally be able to get it!
NerdNoiseRadio Sep 1, 2022
It's not that these laypeople are actively choosing Linux like you or I or the people in the group would, but passively choosing it by consequence of simply demurring to actively pursue the alternative.The same is also true of the majority of Windows' desktop user base.
Oh, I absolutely don't disagree with that. Like the people who use Windows PCs and Apple iPhones. I can't talk too much trash about them, because both my wife and my non-binary teenager [and my parents across town come to think of it] fall into this camp. But for the purposes of our conversation here, the point I was trying to make is that these "I'm just along for the ride" people, sticking with Linux out of convenience rather than passion....they still help our cause of advancing gaming on Linux, even if only by complete coincidence / accident. :-)
But for the purposes of our conversation here, the point I was trying to make is that these "I'm just along for the ride" people, sticking with Linux out of convenience rather than passion....they still help our cause of advancing gaming on Linux, even if only by complete coincidence / accident. :-)
What a success when you think about it! Keeping Linux because it's so convenient...! :-D
PS: Ok, the "it" might actually be "keeping", not "Linux", but still...
Last edited by Eike on 1 September 2022 at 7:37 am UTC
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