There are still scalpers who are selling their place in the queue, such as a ‘confirmed pre-order for Q2’, which is basically a promise to ship the handheld as soon as it’s sent to the seller (complete with a scheduled date). For a base model, there’s a listing that asks for £850 (which is a little more reasonable, dare we use the word – at least relative to that high-end listing). They managed to turn what was supposed to be good news in a bittersweet feeling.Looking at eBay now, we can see a couple of Steam Decks pitched at $1,800 in the US, and in the UK, there’s a flagship model with a ‘buy it now’ price of £2,000, and one listed at £3,700 (eek – and don’t forget the £15.99 for shipping, as no, you don’t even get free postage for stumping up that kind of cash). And finally, there’s no clear commitment about when the units will be actually available. How fucked up is that? Then, they go through a partner and prices go up vs the other territories for a hardware that’s progressively getting depreciated by the day as newer SoCs reach the market. First, Valve did not alert the Steam users in Japan despite the fact that they had wishlisted the Deck. I’m not super happy with this whole ordeal. Anyway, since I processed my reservation soon after the announcement, I will let you know as soon as things starts moving over here. Note that they mention “based on inventories” so there’s always the potential excuse they can serve us later: “inventories are low, so you guys wait ok?”. I will take a wild guess and assume that it’s going to be late in Q4 and not before. It looks like that sometimes in 2022 I will be able to finalize the order. So when can I expect to get my Deck? It’s apparently going to be a different queue than the ones for the other pre-ordered for the US and Europe, and: Not that it really matters since Steam is virtually unknown in Japan outside of (the small flock of) PC Gamers. That’s not going to make it easier to compete vs the big names locally in the portable gaming world. I guess, gotta pay for this large booth (and booth babes) at the TGS, they don’t come cheap after all. We probably have to thank Komodo and Valve for the extra cost here, because we all know that everything in Japan is supposed to cost way more (even though the median salary is less than in the US). It would have understood a fixed fee that’s added to every model, but a non-linear increase screams like price gouging more than anything else. Gotta love how it gets more and more expensive than in the US as you go for the higher models in Japan. $399 for the 64GB version in the US: 451.79 USD in Japan, + 52 dollars.Is it just me or did the prices just started to go for a hike? And whats the price for the different units? It’s going to be 1000 JPY pre-payment for reservation (about twice more than you guys in other countries). Not sure if I will go this year based on the COVID19 situation in Japan. Note that the interesting part of the announcement is that Komodo will have a large booth to showcase the Steam Deck at the Tokyo Games Show (late September 2022). So it’s not ready yet? Did I try too fast?Īfter actually reading the announcement on Twitter of all places, you can reserve your Steam Deck NOT on Steam, but on a third party platform, Komodo. “Reservations are not available in your country”.Īll right. I had wishlisted the Steam Deck on my Japanese Steam account and… no notification? I go into the store, look for the Steam Deck – no, this was not a dream. At least that’s what my friends told me on Matrix. So this is the big day! Valve has finally opened up the reservations for the Steam Deck in Japan (and a few other countries in Asia).
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