{"id":11580,"date":"2022-08-04T15:11:54","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T15:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/04\/you-can-now-preorder-the-steam-deck-in-japan-south-korea-hong-kong-and-taiwan\/"},"modified":"2022-08-04T15:11:55","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T15:11:55","slug":"you-can-now-preorder-the-steam-deck-in-japan-south-korea-hong-kong-and-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/04\/you-can-now-preorder-the-steam-deck-in-japan-south-korea-hong-kong-and-taiwan\/","title":{"rendered":"You can now preorder the Steam Deck in Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/3\/23290883\/valve-steam-deck-reservations-japan-south-korea-hong-kong-taiwan<\/a>
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Valve is expanding Steam Deck<\/a> shipments to some regions that could take the handheld PC-meets-console to new heights. The company just announced that reservations are now open in Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan through Komodo<\/a>, a site that also sells Valve\u2019s Index VR headset for PC among other games and gaming merchandise. If you visit steamdeck.com<\/a> in one of those regions, you should be rerouted to Komodo\u2019s site soon, or you can click here<\/a> and select your language. <\/p>\n

Valve spokesperson Kaci Aitchison Boyle tells The Verge<\/em> that the first batch of new reservations will be fulfilled later this year; a press release adds that shipments will begin in Japan, \u201cwith additional units planned to ship to customers in Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan in the weeks immediately following.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pour one out for our friends in Australia, though, who are still waiting on news of a launch after Valve name-dropped the country during its November 2021 developer summit<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In Japan, the Steam Deck will be priced starting at 59,800 yen (roughly $447), ranging up to 99,800 yen (roughly $746) for the premium 512GB model. In the US, those models cost $400 and $650, respectively. Like before, you only have to pay a tiny refundable amount now to secure your reservation: 1,000 yen (around $7.50).<\/p>\n

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Here are the starting prices elsewhere, according to Valve:<\/p>\n