*** The Official Steam Deck Thread ***
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Yeah, I wouldn't consider the 64GB version due to the eMMC storage and so £100 to double your internal memory and get what sounds like a superior screen is the way to go imo!
Very much an impulse buy for me to be honest - bizarrely I hadn't even heard about this thing before an hour ago and I never expected to be able to reserve one but I must have fallen lucky!
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Order counted as placed at 6:01, but on the Deck page it says my estimated arrival date is Q1 2022!
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Same here.
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Reserved a 256gb model, will see how reviews go before paying the balance though. When are the first units expected?
The storage space is the problem yeah.
They are adding £100 to add 256gig of nand, that is some very expensive nand, or excessive profit margin. I expect the nvme options are subsidising the cheapest unit. They could have saved money using sata rated nand and controller?
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Looking at it, I'd say the pricing is off. It's too expensive for them to sell many units.
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Where are you seeing that?
Not much more than a Switch but much better ….. I’d say it’s a decent price.
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I did a quick google and unless the switch comes in different flavours a switch is £280 which is quite a bit cheaper than this valve device.
Almost £70 cheaper than the cheapest valvedeck.
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Steam deck page says for the 64GB model expected order availability Q1 2022 and Q2 for the 256GB model. Assume that means for the next lot of orders. Got my 512 showing reserved with no dates.
December '21 bottom of main page on Steam Desk Website also says it top of page too.
One thing I have noticed is one of the vents, assuming possibly the output vent is really near where you hold the 'Deck' might get a bit toasty on the fingers!
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Presuming he's taking about the "upgraded" switch which really is a joke of an upgrade. Spec v spec deck wins hands down. Really depends what you play. I have a switch and quickly ran out of games I enjoyed.
Think you have 48hrs to pay it before your reservation expires.. just FYI.
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had a quick search of PS5s and see they go for around 550-650 now remember seeing 1-1.5k
think the scalping days for stuff is coming to an end and i hope something comes of the laws they talked about last year so this BS is a lot harder to pull off
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had a quick search of PS5s and see they go for around 550-650 now remember seeing 1-1.5k
think the scalping days for stuff is coming to an end and i hope something comes of the laws they talked about last year so this BS is a lot harder to pull off
It took them longer than I expected to put them up on Ebay, started checking from just after 6pm out of curiosity
Agreed
a crazy person?