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Valve has announced that they've sorted out various issues with their Steam Deck supply chain, so they will get through reservations much faster than expected now. This means a lot of people will be bumped up the list a bit getting their Steam Deck purchase email a lot sooner.

Everyone who has an existing reservation will get their purchase email this year. So many who were in "Q4 or later" were bumped up to the Q3 window and Valve said everyone else is now sitting properly inside Q4.

Any new reservations will be in the Q4 list but if those fill up, naturally they spill over into next year. Either way it's good news, as Valve can get Steam Deck units shipping a lot sooner than before.

We don't know exactly what has changed, as Valve only said that "the supply chain shortfalls that affect Steam Deck are gradually clearing up, and we're continuing to ramp production, so we're able to produce more Decks faster than ever before"

Valve also said to expect "more news soon".

This is awesome news, I'm excited to see more of you getting your units. Every single device shipping is a new potential Linux gamer!

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elmapul Jul 30, 2022
hopefully they will be at stores by christmas.
if that happens they might explode in sales.
Eike Jul 30, 2022
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Quoting: elmapulhopefully they will be at stores by christmas.
if that happens they might explode in sales.

Even if they put them in stores (which I don't believe, they didn't even do it with the Steam Controller), there's still not the production capacity for an "explosion".
GeoGalvanic Jul 31, 2022
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Thanks Liam,

This post encouraged me to check my status in the queue and turns out it is already my turn in the queue, up from Q3. Almost missed it!
slaapliedje Jul 31, 2022
Quoting: iiariIs there any way to publically know what percentage of Steam Deck users have tried the KDE desktop mode? That is a number I would be curious to see.
All of the YouTube videos about how awesome it is for emulation have shown off the desktop.
slaapliedje Jul 31, 2022
Quoting: Eike
Quoting: elmapulhopefully they will be at stores by christmas.
if that happens they might explode in sales.

Even if they put them in stores (which I don't believe, they didn't even do it with the Steam Controller), there's still not the production capacity for an "explosion".
Gamestop supposedly had them at one point, they were always sold out when I checked though.

Brick and mortar shps don't even need to sell Steam Games, there are physical gift cards too.


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based Jul 31, 2022
From after Q3 to Q4, I'm happy that I got expected months instead of another 'after'. Nice!

Deck is why I decided to try Linux gaming again the start of this year and I don't want to use Windows ever again
Eike Jul 31, 2022
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Quoting: basedFrom after Q3 to Q4, I'm happy that I got expected months instead of another 'after'. Nice!

Same here. While on first sight it might look bad, it's basically moving from "We don't know" to "in a few months".

Quoting: basedDeck is why I decided to try Linux gaming again the start of this year and I don't want to use Windows ever again

Welcome aboard, penguin!
Liam Dawe Jul 31, 2022
Quoting: JordanPlayz158
Quoting: pedrobaezaYes, I have been moved up to Q3!
:( I was in Q3 but moved to Q4 lol, guess it goes both ways
No, you would have been in Q3 or later, no one has been delayed.
pete910 Jul 31, 2022
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Quoting: Liam Dawe
Quoting: JordanPlayz158
Quoting: pedrobaezaYes, I have been moved up to Q3!
:( I was in Q3 but moved to Q4 lol, guess it goes both ways
No, you would have been in Q3 or later, no one has been delayed.

Any clue how many have been sold/Shipped ?
based Jul 31, 2022
Quoting: pete910
Quoting: Liam Dawe
Quoting: JordanPlayz158
Quoting: pedrobaezaYes, I have been moved up to Q3!
:( I was in Q3 but moved to Q4 lol, guess it goes both ways
No, you would have been in Q3 or later, no one has been delayed.

Any clue how many have been sold/Shipped ?

Couple dozen at least
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