The earliest customers to pre-order the Steam Deck were set to recieve their units in the matter of a single month, as Valve's take on a portable gaming PC was planned for release this December. However, that is no longer the case, as they've sent out an email to affected customers saying that the Steam Deck's launch is being pushed back by two months. This is supposedly due to material shortages, with Valve claiming that they were unable to get the parts to manufacture units and get them sent out by next month. The Steam Deck is now due to ship out in February 2022.

The launch of Steam Deck will be delayed by two months. We're sorry about this—we did our best to work around the global supply chain issues, but due to material shortages, components aren’t reaching our manufacturing facilities in time for us to meet our initial launch dates.

Based on our updated build estimates, Steam Deck will start shipping February 2022. This will be the new start date of the reservation queue—you will keep your place in line but dates will shift back accordingly. Reservation date estimates will be updated shortly after this announcement.

Again, we're sorry we won’t be able to make our original ship date. We'll continue working to improve reservation dates based on the new timeline, and will keep you updated as we go.

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[Kioku]

that's cool, but it wasnt in news format

The big takeaway here.

There's a lot of times where users will post something well before the magstaff. It just isn't appealing to read as it can be short and lacking in content. i.e Not in a "News Format"

There have been times where a users news post got front paged. It's not always the staff or "official" temp writers.

 

[Deleted member 546149]

....what? I already have a pre-order up, just deciding if I want to keep it or not.

Quoted the wrong person
My mistake

 

[Xzi]

Shit, was hoping my Q1 order wouldn't have been affected, but no dice. It shows Q2 now.

 

[xfighter11]

But in this case they should refund the cancellation costs of 4$. It's kinda unfair if they will keep it.

 

[Xzi]

But in this case they should refund the cancellation casts of 4$. It's kinda unfair if they will keep it.

It was always refundable, it just goes to your Steam wallet if you've had the reservation for more than a few months.

 

[xfighter11]

It was refundable for only one month if I'm right.

 

[Xzi]

It was refundable for only one month if I'm right.

Yeah FAQ says one month if you want it refunded to your original payment method. Goes to Steam wallet otherwise. No big deal for $5, especially considering how it helps combat scalpers.

Everybody else but me feel free to refund, happy to move up in line.

 

[xfighter11]

Yeah FAQ says one month if you want it refunded to your original payment method. Goes to Steam wallet otherwise. No big deal for $5, especially considering how it helps combat scalpers.

Everybody else but me feel free to refund, happy to move up in line.

You are partly right but not completely. I just cancelled my reservation and got everything back to its original payment method. Paid my 4€ splitted (70 Cents wallet and rest by PP) and got it back in wallet/PP.

 

[sarkwalvein]

Not a problem, February sound good as well.

 

[Xzi]

You are partly right but not completely. I just cancelled my reservation and got everything back to its original payment method. Paid my 4€ splitted (70 Cents wallet and rest by PP) and got it back in wallet/PP.

Might be because of the way you split it or because of regional laws, not sure. Cool that they did that for you either way though.

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

Blunder of the century

 

[onibaku]

Bah just got my 1TB sd card today.. Didnt think they'd delay a month before release :/

I suppose i can work on my switch backlog in the meantime

 

[Taleweaver]

Bumber. But with the global chip shortage and the supply chain scarcity, I'm not really surprised.

I'll wait...

 

[SuperDan]

You bastards! That was my one gift to myself for Xmas

 

[Plazorn]

My bad

 

[AshuraZro]

Gives me more time to be able to afford it more comfortably. I'll take the delay in stride.

 

[AirbusX]

I am fine with the delay, best to delay it than to release it broken.

 

[KingVamp]

Guess it gives people more reason to get one of the upgrades instead of the cheapest one.

 

[djpannda]

Guess it gives people more reason to get one of the upgrades instead of the cheapest one.

do you want to go back to the end of the line... cuz thats how you get back to the end of the line

 

[Hambrew]

*eyes upgrading current phone to OnePlus Nord N200 instead of the Deck*
*also eyes getting a laptop instead of a Deck*
they're gaining leverage