Valve/Steam do a handheld thingy

[Crazy_Ivan80]

I am increasingly tempted to get one and their sale price is heavily promoted on the steam front page... Yet they remain out of stock for the past week   

I ordered mine after your penultimate post and it got delivered yesterday. Which is like 3 weeks earlier than I expected it.
Logistics, cause why not.

[FunkMonk]

I am increasingly tempted to get one and their sale price is heavily promoted on the steam front page... Yet they remain out of stock for the past week   

I ordered mine after your penultimate post and it got delivered yesterday. Which is like 3 weeks earlier than I expected it.
Logistics, cause why not.

Just order it Jos and join us fellow Steam Deck enjoyers.

[Josquius]

I can't. It's out of stock and no ability to order.

[mongers]

I can't. It's out of stock and no ability to order.

It's probably more fall out from Brexit. 

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Not sure to what extent is feasible to change your region for a bit cause on our side of the channel delivery times have gone back down to the 1 to 2 weeks range.

[Josquius]

Not sure to what extent is feasible to change your region for a bit cause on our side of the channel delivery times have gone back down to the 1 to 2 weeks range.

I thought about it. Get it delivered to a friend's place and arrange something to get it... but the only people I'd really be able to do that with are in Switzerland, where it isn't available. And it'd involve effort and I'm really not that desperate to get one at the minute.

It's probably more fall out from Brexit. 

Probably is yeah.
Doing a bit of research seems to be the current big thing for scalpers in the UK too.

[garbon]

Not sure to what extent is feasible to change your region for a bit cause on our side of the channel delivery times have gone back down to the 1 to 2 weeks range.

I thought about it. Get it delivered to a friend's place and arrange something to get it... but the only people I'd really be able to do that with are in Switzerland, where it isn't available. And it'd involve effort and I'm really not that desperate to get one at the minute.

It's probably more fall out from Brexit. 

Probably is yeah.
Doing a bit of research seems to be the current big thing for scalpers in the UK too.

I see the one for £459 is now available.

[Josquius]

Thanks.
I recently basically emptied my main account on a car I don't want so I'm going to be super conservative on spending for a month or two. Also the northerner in me says anything but the cheapest is a bad deal since the HD can be swapped out.
Shall keep tabs however and will see if my mind changes a month or two down the line.

[FunkMonk]

Thanks.
I recently basically emptied my main account on a car I don't want so I'm going to be super conservative on spending for a month or two. Also the northerner in me says anything but the cheapest is a bad deal since the HD can be swapped out.
Shall keep tabs however and will see if my mind changes a month or two down the line.

I think Valve have begun selling Certified Refurbished Steam Decks at a big discount and I believe they're available in the UK.

[mongers]

Thanks.
I recently basically emptied my main account on a car I don't want so I'm going to be super conservative on spending for a month or two. Also the northerner in me says anything but the cheapest is a bad deal since the HD can be swapped out.
Shall keep tabs however and will see if my mind changes a month or two down the line.

I think Valve have begun selling Certified Refurbished Steam Decks at a big discount and I believe they're available in the UK.

Funk, thanks for the heads-up.

Discounts of £70, £90 and £110 for the three models according to this page:

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamdeckrefurbished

[Crazy_Ivan80]

A 20 percent discount or so. Pretty good deal I guess.

[Josquius]

It is tempting. Anyone replaced the ssd in one? I read some stuff online saying to get the cheapest and a seperate larger, faster, ssd and it works out cheaper and better... But also read some stuff saying its not a simple operation.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

I've just added memory via the microSD but that's it.
Haven't run out of space yet, but that's of course dependent on what you want to install.

[Josquius]

I gave in and got one.
So far not done much. Played 80 Days a bit. Finicky controls.
Having to keep the whole thing on to update   
Looking forward to hopefully getting time for some quick pick up and play games

[FunkMonk]

I gave in and got one.
So far not done much. Played 80 Days a bit. Finicky controls.
Having to keep the whole thing on to update 
Looking forward to hopefully getting time for some quick pick up and play games

It's a very versatile little machine. I was playing a modded Diablo 2 hooked up to my desktop monitor the other day. Then I disconnected it from the USB dock and continued playing on the couch.