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[ArtHands]

How to buy a Steam Deck in Australia: Valve will start shipping direct to Australia from November 2024

After over two years, Valve's premium handheld has an official Australian release.

www.pcgamer.com

• 256GB LCD: AU$649
• 512GB OLED: AU$899
• 1TB OLED: AU$1,049

 

[FunkMiller]

Nice and all, but it's been available for years via international shipping anyway.

 

[Griffon]

Don't worry US bros, your money will soon be just as worthless as theirs.

 

[BennyBlanco]

 

[Magic Carpet]

One Thousand Forty Nine!

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

Gee willickers! Thanks Steam for releasing it so soon down here Takes me back to the 90's when we didn't get shit until years later than the US

 

[64gigabyteram]

Gee willickers! Thanks Steam for releasing it so soon down here Takes me back to the 90's when we didn't shit until years later than the US

Australians didn't shit???

 

[Gamerfan81]

The Aussies are going wild after hearing this news!

 

[kiphalfton]

I'm right there with you Aussie bros. Started playing my steam deck a month or two ago, after having had it 2 years.

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

nice its officially being released.

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

Australians didn't shit???

*get lol

 

[Thebonehead]

 

[Digital-Aftertaste]

The Aussies are going wild after hearing this news!

Man, if a nation could disown a person. Lol

 

[bitbydeath]

Nice and all, but it's been available for years via international shipping anyway.

Maybe they added some localisation, like booting it up gives a welcoming “Hey Cunt!” message.

 

[Paasei]

They'll be playing it upside down won't they?

 

[FunkMiller]

Man, if a nation could disown a person. Lol

That’s not how Australians work. We fucken’ love this type of shit.

https://amp.9news.com.au/article/82bbad19-a274-4ea3-a5e1-aadf403cd267

 

[Ashamam]

Nice and all, but it's been available for years via international shipping anyway.

Yes but now it will come with a local warranty. Which will basically be 3 years through consumer protections Australia has legislated.

 

[RoadHazard]

Wow, what year is it down there?

 

[dreamstation]

Wow, what year is it down there?

It's actually the future down here, just those backward ass American companies are so far behind

 

[RoadHazard]

It's actually the future down here, just those backward ass American companies are so far behind

Nice, how's the PS6? Don't tell me it's digital only...

 

[Esppiral]

It wasn't available in Australia? ,,

 

[DinoD]

I migrated to Australia in early 90's. I vividly remember touching down in Melbourne and being driven to my uncle's place. Looking at cars and people. I honestly started entertaining the thought of my flight going through some sort of time warp wormhole. Taking me back to late 70's.

 

[Silver Wattle]

I imagined this but with steamdecks in her hands rather than ps4 controllers:

 

[Panajev2001a]

I think this is overall good news as it should mean that Steam Deck 2 should have broader reach and direct support by Valve distribution wise too. Australian users will have an easier time to get their devices serviced too.

 

[ArtHands]

It wasn't available in Australia? ,,

It's still not available in many countries.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Too late, no sale.

 

[Lord Panda]

So Valve dumping their old inventory on us Aussies to make room for the Deck 2?

 

[Silver Wattle]

So Valve dumping their old inventory on us Aussies to make room for the Deck 2?

I believe valve said this was done not just to sell the steamdeck but all future hardware into australia too, basically they used this as the test bed to build the distribution channels for the future.

 

[Lord Panda]

I believe valve said this was done not just to sell the steamdeck but all future hardware into australia too, basically they used this as the test bed to build the distribution channels for the future.

Yep, here's the interview: https://press-start.com.au/features/2024/10/11/valve-interview-australia-stream-deck/

Hope that we get new hardware on the same day, or close enough, with everyone else.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Don't do it!
Very likely to have a modern SD release in 2025.

 

[Banjo64]

Don't do it!
Very likely to have a modern SD release in 2025.

From yesterday:

Valve still waiting on a 'generational leap' for Steam Deck 2 - but it's coming

Valve gave us the strongest wording yet that a Steam Deck 2 is actually real, although it's still clearly going to be some time away before there's enough of an upgrade.

www.gamingonlinux.com

Speaking to Reviews.org Australia here's what Steam Deck designer Lawrence Yang said about a Steam Deck 2:

It is important to us, and we’ve tried to be really clear, we are not doing the yearly cadence. We’re not going to do a bump every year. There’s no reason to do that. And, honestly, from our perspective, that’s kind of not really fair to your customers to come out with something so soon that’s only incrementally better. So we really do want to wait for a generational leap in compute without sacrificing battery life before we ship the real second generation of Steam Deck. But it is something that we’re excited about and we’re working on.

Generational leap still sounds like late 2026 or 2027 to me.