Customers of Valve’s portable hardware will have to keep an eye on their email to get their hands on it.
Finally! And as promised, no more delays. Valve confirmed a few minutes ago that there will be no more waiting for Steam Deck: the U.S. company’s portable hardware will start arriving to buyers starting this February 28. Three days earlier, on February 25, the first e-mails for those who made their reservation months ago.
Valve expects to be able to distribute Steam Deck shipments every week“Customers will have three days (72 hours) to purchase from the date they receive the email to initiate the order. After that time, the reservation will be relinquished to the next person in line.. The first units will start shipping to customers from the 28th and we plan to continue sending out order initiation emails every week,” explained the Half-Life and DOTA 2 parents in a statement.
In addition, the company led by Gabe Newell has committed to the. shipping units to the media. in order to be able to make a complete analysis of the device. Starting February 25, users will be able to find out what the press thinks of Valve’s new hardware bet. “In the meantime, we are tying up the last loose ends and putting the finishing touches”, we can read in the note.
At the moment there are no further details on when new shipments will be put on sale for those who did not reserve the portable hardware at the time.
Valve is still working to get everything ready for its release, and that includes a new save system to continue gameplay on PC without leaving Steam Deck, as well as a verification label in the store so that each user can be sure if a game is running correctly on Deck. You can dig deeper into the device in this special with 44 Steam Deck keys.
