Quoting: Eike

Quoting: AppelsinChecking out the Steam Deck page from Norway gives the following, happy message:

This item is not available for reservation in your country

Valve is somewhat repeating the commercial and marketing success of the Steam Link and Controller. "Let's not sell this to people with lots of money, eager to spend!" Seriously...

I understand why they are reluctant to send it to (big) parts of the world and I understand the pain of the (many) people living there, but countries like Norway really come as a surprise. The only explanation I got is that it's kind of a blind spot. They should find it way up in the list of richest countries - if they'd just take a look...

It's probably because we're not in the EU, but neither is the UK, so I don't know why they couldn't make an exception for us too. Norway is subject to the same certifications and requirements on consumer electronics as the rest of the EU, so there's no additional red tape either.

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I know it was developed by one of their subsidiaries, but Grow Home got a native Linux version not long after the original Steam Machine announcement, if I remember correctly. Maybe they're more willing to test the waters with their smaller titles.

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I guess that means there's a slim chance of Beyond Good and Evil 2 getting a Linux version (if it's ever released). :shock:

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Looks great, and reminds me a bit of Lumo, which I have yet to finish. I haven't tried the demo yet, but hopefully soon.

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Quoting: fleskI would have reserved the medium model day one, but unfortunately it's not available in the EEA countries. :sad:

Quoting: slaapliedjeIt has been pointed out that the person driving the car in the image with the kid in the back seat at https://www.steamdeck.com/en/hardware [External Link] is driving it wrong. That isn't how you drive a Tesla!

How so? I've only been driving a Tesla for a couple of weeks, but I can't tell what's wrong with the image.

EDIT: Assuming it's this image we're talking about: https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamdeck/images/factorio-cover.jpg [External Link]

That looks perfectly normal to me.

Ha, I don't know a co-worker who owns a Tesla, demanded I post it somewhere. He rattled off something about it does driving correction and you basically only have to have your hands sort of touching the wheel or something. I was too busy reading specs on the steam deck or something else. Did think it was funny.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's their so-called FSD features, which is an optional (expensive) extra that I haven't tried. I think that's rubbish too. :wink: Nothing wrong with driving a Tesla as a normal car.

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Quoting: Philadelphus

Quoting: fleskAssuming it's this image we're talking about: https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamdeck/images/factorio-cover.jpg [External Link]

That looks perfectly normal to me.

My guess would be it's a joke about how you're "supposed" to be using self-driving and going hands-free, but I'm just spit-balling.

That sounds plausible. I haven't tried a Tesla with FSD features myself, but from what I've heard, current versions of it will complain if you try to take your hands off the steering wheel. Maybe that depends on local traffic law.

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Quoting: Appelsin

Quoting: Tuxee

Quoting: Appelsin

Currently it's limited to United States, Canada, European Union, and the United Kingdom with more regions becoming available in 2022.

Nothing for Norway then (or Switzerland, or Iceland or Luxemburg)? Or is this just a ploy to make us join the EU?

Last time I checked Luxembourg was still part of the European Union. Did they leave in silence?

They are? Then you've just corrected a misunderstanding I've had since early school xD I though they were outside, like us. I could have sworn they've always been mentioned in the same breath as the non-EU-member-trade-agreements we have and such things. But that may have been for other reasons then. TIL something basic x)

You're probably thinking of Liechtenstein, which is one of the EEA countries, in addition to Norway and Iceland. I get those mixed up all the time too, in spite of having worked on a case processing project to facilitate exchange of social security agreements between EU and EEA member states (plus bilateral agreements) for a couple of years.

Actually, the EEA is an agreement between the EU and those three countries, according to Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Economic_Area [External Link]

See, this stuff is confusing! :grin:

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I would have reserved the medium model day one, but unfortunately it's not available in the EEA countries. :sad:

Quoting: slaapliedjeIt has been pointed out that the person driving the car in the image with the kid in the back seat at https://www.steamdeck.com/en/hardware [External Link] is driving it wrong. That isn't how you drive a Tesla!

How so? I've only been driving a Tesla for a couple of weeks, but I can't tell what's wrong with the image.

EDIT: Assuming it's this image we're talking about: https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamdeck/images/factorio-cover.jpg [External Link]

That looks perfectly normal to me.

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I'm extremely psych(onauts)ed for the release. :woot: (Sorry.)

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Looks interesting, and it reminds me of AdventureOS, which was covered in The Funding Crowd #15, but unfortunately never was released for Linux.

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