This is in addition to the other 50 T of “game consoles” imported in the last couple months that did not result in restocking of Steam Deck.
That’s somewhere between 10k-30k units. The steam controller at launch had about 15k-30k units that sold out in 30 min, but it was at least 5-10x cheaper than Steam Frame/Machine will be, so perhaps the window to buy right at launch will be a bit longer if they go live with current volumes.
Stay strong against the scalpers!
Yep. Load up your Steam Wallets prior to future sales instead of trying to enter your credit card info. You’ll have better luck with the payment being processed if it doesn’t have to go through a third party.
Coming from someone who regrets not doing that prior to the Steam Controller launch.
Don’t regret it cause a lot of people did that and still couldn’t get through. The endpoint that everyone was stuck on affected every payment method. Still gives you more options I guess.
Yeah, I did that because someone on here suggested it, and I still had to click the “Continue” button hundreds of times in the span of 25 minutes to finish the checkout.
I was being polite at first, and only clicking it every 15 seconds or so. Then I noticed on another device that the estimated delivery time had gone from 3-5 days to 6-10. That’s when I said, “Fuck it”, and clicked the shit out of it for two minutes, and it finally went through.
I really hope Valve figures out something else for the Steam Machine. The reservation system is cool, but not if it’s going to work exactly as poorly as the checkout process. I mean it’s gonna open up and people are going to hammer the reservation process, and it’s just gonna be a crapshoot again.
Hell, I’d rather it be a lottery. Everyone has weeks to join it. No rush, but you can only join the lottery if you have a “real” Steam account with games and history. Like, just a few hundred of hours of gaming. Normal amounts. And if you get selected, you get notified, and you have maybe three days to check out. Again, no rush. And as more stock comes in, more people get notified.
And not tied to library value, but usage of the platform: achievements, friends, hours of play, etc. And no particlar ranking. No first-dibs just because you’re a whale with hundreds of thousands of hours of gameplay. Just a low bar that allows all the “real” Steam accounts to join the lottery. I don’t think anyone could have a legitimate complaint that people with long-term Steam accounts shouldn’t get first dibs on new Steam hardware.
It basically came down to a lottery anyways, so why not just make it one? And I don’t mean a lottery where you pay for a chance to win. I mean you only pay if you get chosen.
The reservation opened yesterday and went smoothly. Reservation feature seems to be designed well to be hammered and still work.
I never thought of that, but I also don’t want to put hundreds of dollars in my Steam wallet
Yeah, this is my main concern for the Frame release. I don’t want a “blocked for suspected fraud” credit card payment being the reason I miss the first few minutes of the reservation window, but I also don’t want hundreds of dollars just sitting in my Steam Wallet in case I miss the window anyway. First world problems.
Ha! I was actually worried about the $120 I put in for the Controller (just in case they were going to charge for shipping.) These days I only buy the occassional indie game. I can’t imagine putting in $1,000 for a Steam Machine or Frame and risk not getting one. (Or whatever they’re going to cost.)