I’m still sitting here trying…
Eyy, finally managed to get one. Right before they went out of stock.
Congrats!
I’m wondering if the “ships in 3 to 5 business days” is valid for everyone who got an order in.
Nope. Italy here: we had 3-5 days at first, a while ago it changed to 6-10. Not sure if that will change again or if we’ll go out of stock before that.
When my order went through (20 minutes after launch, Germany), it had changed to “delayed due to high order volume” (or something like that).
In the EU it switched to 6 to 10 days. Hope I can get it before it’s out of stock here as well.
Also switched to 6-10 days in the US at some point.
Payment processor can’t keep up with the demand.
I think it’s funny just how popular this thing is. How may people do you think are trying to buy it vs scalp it? 90:10? 80:20?
I don’t even think it’s that, I had preloaded wallet credit my payment was failing too.
After lots of button spamming, I eventually got my order placed.
I was unlucky. Didn’t remember the launch until it was too late. Not that it would have mattered since I was in lecture for college, but still would have been nice if I could have ordered one!
I will be waiting but I wish all you real people who woll use it good luck. And dont buckle to the scalpers in a few weeks: these will come back in stock in due time.
Stuck on the payment screen myself. Scrolling Lenny and pressing “Pay Now” every minute or so.
This is how it was with the OG Steam Deck, too. Took me about 15 minutes of guard dogging to make sure I got one. That was a pretty stressful time, lol
Preordering the Deck was definitely stressful knowing every little delay could push you weeks down the shipping queue. I think I also got my Deck order in right at about 15 minutes which put my shipment in one of the April waves. Is that about where yours was too?
It’s been too long ago now, but that sounds right
Haha, I’ll never forget it because of how much the community was obsessed with mapping order times down to the second with each shipping wave and trying to predict ahead. I checked all those spreadsheets and things quite often in the couple months before my shipping notification. They actually got pretty close. It’s a shame I don’t actually use the Deck more than I do.
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Too late to catch the Steam Deck rush but just in time for the Steam Controller one.
Too late for the Steam Deck
Too early for Steam Machine 2
Just in time for Steam Controller 2
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Its out of stock now
In the US? Seems to be still in stock in Europe. But I still have a hard time ordering despite preloading my account with enough money.
Yes it was in the US at the time of posting. Came back up in stock about twenty minuted later and I actually got one. Now it is listed as OOS tho.
It’s apparently going in and out of stock in waves, so there’s still hope
Yeah, also thanks to scalpers. (Also, since when is it legal to offer an item on ebay you don’t even have in your possession?)
Nope, it’s dead Jim. It doesn’t go past entering shipping details
Aaaaaaaand Europe is gone too.
I was able to grab mine, just kept spamming order on the payment screen, and got it eventually. Also looks like it’s still in stock so I guess I worried for not much in terms of it going out of stock
Bought!
To your library? Lol i wish
I think you bought the steam controller nft by mistake
Here’s my confession: I will rarely use it and never sell it. It’s my second true collector’s item, much like the original. I’m perfectly happy with mouse and keyboard, I just want to own one for the sake of it.
Getting the launch version is the cherry on top.
Same. I had an OG controller a long time ago and HATED it and got rid of it. But like a year(?) before the new controller was announced I kinda wanted one again to play with. Not long after I found one at the thrift store and was IMMEDIETLY reminded how much I hate it. But I’m not going to get rid of it because it’s a unique piece of tech. One I detest using, but unique and interesting.
The OG controller and Steam Deck are both sort of this way for me. Despite rarely using them, I never intend to sell them. My desktop just spoils me too much.
I expect having the new controller will actually encourage me to use the Deck more often though. Right now, starting a new game on the Deck feels like committing to the lesser experience due to not wanting to jump between control schemes. Having control parity fixes that.
Snagged one with little trouble, but I was early – checked at XX:57 and the sale had gone live already, and I had put the money for it in my Steam Wallet last week as I wanted as few failure points as possible.
These things don’t usually work out for me, so I have plenty of sympathy for those who got hung-up on the ordering page or just came a bit too late. For myself, I’m quite excited and it seems like it could even be here by the end of the week!
Got my order in!
