Anyone able to order one? Can't get my payment deposit to go through.
Yeah, I reserved one (the $820 model) because for 5 bucks, whatever... if it turns out I'm later convinced this is a good thing and it turns into a PS5 situation where you can't get them I'll be fine. Otherwise I guess I'll either get a $5 refund or flip it to someone here who couldn't get a reservation to go through.
Hopefully they can get these things into the hands of the youtube reviewers like Hardware Unboxed relatively soon so they can tear it down and opine on the virtues and drawbacks, use cases, etc.
__________________ "The great promise of the Internet was that more information would automatically yield better decisions. The great disappointment is that more information actually yields more possibilities to confirm what you already believed anyway." - Brian Eno
How do you mean? I use a shield as a device plugged into my TV that is a hub for media and also upscales source video to 4k. It's pretty portable if I ever wanted to unplug it, which I don't.
Do you mean for games? I guess, but do you think the hardware on board this thing will be able to effectively play anything demanding at a decent frame rate on a big HD screen?
I think you could see people using it as a media and emulator hub, with the added ability of being able to play PC games on their TVs if they're not super-concerned with high-end graphics. Add on the ability to take it on flights, vacations, etc., and I can, definitely see the appeal.
I can't see myself getting one because I have my PC hooked up directly to my TV, but if I didn't already have a travel laptop, I'd probably consider it.
reddit is hyping the crap out of this, and what's interesting is in the emulator reddits they're suggesting the Steam Deck should be able to run Cemu (Wii U) quite well and it even meets the specs for Yuzu (Switch emulator). It would be hilarious if a specific Deck fork for Yuzu gets made that provides better performance than the Switch itself
Managed to get the one in the cart to go through. With the option install windows this machine might do everything. Steam, xbox game pass, emulators including newer systems, streaming with GFN and PSnow. Definitely looking forward to seeing the early reviews and whenthe dev community starts playing with it.
It appears that the higher cost one ships later, which is kind of annoying. You'd think they'd try to get the fanciest one out first for a variety of reasons.
__________________ "The great promise of the Internet was that more information would automatically yield better decisions. The great disappointment is that more information actually yields more possibilities to confirm what you already believed anyway." - Brian Eno
It appears that the higher cost one ships later, which is kind of annoying. You'd think they'd try to get the fanciest one out first for a variety of reasons.
I think it's more a higher demand for the higher end models. They initially all started at December 2021, then as reservations filled, new reservations are getting further out shipping dates.
This both looks really good and would also be completely wasted on me. I enjoy its Game Gear-esque appearance though, pretty sure my old Sega Game Gear is still somewhere in my parents' house.
I think it's more a higher demand for the higher end models. They initially all started at December 2021, then as reservations filled, new reservations are getting further out shipping dates.
Ah, I interpreted it as starting shipping dates rather than average expected date to receive the thing. I would assume that they want to send the best example of the product to reviewers (or at least send it concurrently with the cheapo version).
__________________ "The great promise of the Internet was that more information would automatically yield better decisions. The great disappointment is that more information actually yields more possibilities to confirm what you already believed anyway." - Brian Eno
Can we take a moment to appreciate how Valve is handling these pre-orders?
They take an order and give you an estimated shipping date based on projected availability. This is what Sony and Microsoft should be doing through their official stores as well.
Can we take a moment to appreciate how Valve is handling these pre-orders?
They take an order and give you an estimated shipping date based on projected availability. This is what Sony and Microsoft should be doing through their official stores as well.
Not sure you can compare them too much though. We're talking selling tens of (maybe a few hundred) thousands items from a single source store to a restricted number of countries versus tens of millions of consoles being sold worldwide across hundreds of varied retail chains.
I guess in a decade or two when physical retail chains and stores are all crippled and dead, we would have single source stores for individual purchase that can be controlled in that manner across the world.
Not sure you can compare them too much though. We're talking selling tens of (maybe a few hundred) thousands items from a single source store
I'm curious about this. I read something that said Valve expects to sell millions of them. I wonder how many reservations have been sold.
__________________ "The great promise of the Internet was that more information would automatically yield better decisions. The great disappointment is that more information actually yields more possibilities to confirm what you already believed anyway." - Brian Eno
If true, we're talking about a fraction of console sales which would make sense given the chip shortage and likely not a huge production ramp up yet.
Millions in total down the road would be awesome though. I would love to get my hands on future iterations of these; hopefully a consistent new series (I worry about comparing against the deaths of the steam controller and steam machines)
