{"id":11268,"date":"2022-07-30T15:13:15","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T15:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/07\/30\/valve-says-youre-getting-your-steam-deck-by-the-end-of-the-year\/"},"modified":"2022-07-30T15:13:16","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T15:13:16","slug":"valve-says-youre-getting-your-steam-deck-by-the-end-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/07\/30\/valve-says-youre-getting-your-steam-deck-by-the-end-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Valve says you\u2019re getting your Steam Deck by the end of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/7\/29\/23283839\/steam-deck-pre-order-reservation-valve<\/a>
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Valve\u2019s Steam Deck has been in high demand from the moment reservations went live last year, but if you\u2019re still waiting for an order email to come through, good news: if you have a reservation, Valve says<\/a> you\u2019ll get your Steam Deck by the end of the year. And even if you make a new reservation, as of this writing, Valve says you\u2019ll get your Steam Deck in Q4.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re excited to announce that we\u2019re going to be able to fulfill demand sooner than we had estimated for everyone in the reservation queue,\u201d Valve wrote in a blog post<\/a>. \u201cMany of the supply chain shortfalls that affect Steam Deck are gradually clearing up, and we\u2019re continuing to ramp production, so we\u2019re able to produce more Decks faster than ever before.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Great news: Everyone who currently has a reservation can get their Steam Deck by the end of this year! We\u2019ve cleared up supply chain issues, a bunch of folks got moved up to Q3, and all other reservations are now in Q4. <\/p>\n

More details here:https:\/\/t.co\/Xj2yEHqpKZ<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/floa2xZelK<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Steam Deck (@OnDeck) July 29, 2022<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Valve also says many people who had \u201cQ4 or later\u201d reservation windows have been bumped up to Q3, so you might want to check your reservation window (which you can do right from the Steam Deck\u2019s Steam page<\/a>) to see if things have changed for you. Valve has continually ramped up shipments since launch: it started sending reservation emails twice a week in April<\/a> and said in June that it would be doubling<\/a> the number of Decks it shipped per week.<\/p>\n

The Steam Deck was rough around the edges when it first launched in February<\/a>, but Valve has released a lot of updates<\/a> in the months since that make the handheld gaming PC feel more fully baked. I\u2019m honestly obsessed with mine and wrote just last month about the Deck\u2019s incredible control customization options<\/a>. And if you\u2019ve heard chatter about the Deck\u2019s noisy fan, a software update turned fan noise way down<\/a>, and if you want, you can fix the fan yourself<\/a>.<\/p>\n