That will hopefully change in the near future: 'Information about expanded regional availability coming soon,' says Valve.Īn important thing to note: whichever of the three versions of the Steam Deck you reserve, that's the one you'll have to order when the time comes. Similarly, if you reserve a Steam Deck and it becomes available, but you don't order it in time (the time window is not specified), you'll be refunded your $5 reservation fee.Ĭurrently, only customers from the United States, Canada, the European Union, and the UK can reserve a Steam Deck. After 30 days, your refund will instead go to your Steam wallet. You'll be refunded your $5 to whichever payment method you used if you cancel your reservation with 30 days of making it. If you want to cancel your reservation, no problem. 'Once inventory is available, you will be emailed in the order the reservations were made.' 'When you submit a reservation, you will be put in a queue,' says Valve.

You will need to pay a $5 reservation fee to reserve your Steam Deck. If you haven't used your Steam account to make a purchase prior to June 2021, you'll have to wait 48 hours longer, until Sunday, July 18, to reserve a Steam Deck.

If you have a Steam account in good standing and have used that account to make a purchase prior to June 2021, you'll be able to reserve a Steam Deck on Friday, July 16, starting at 10 am PT, by visiting this page on the Steam Deck website.

In the meantime, if you're interested in reserving a Steam Deck (just one!) for yourself, here's how it all works: How to pre-order a Steam Deck Hopefully, this will prevent people from reserving a bunch of Steam Decks and then selling them at steep markup (and cut down on people selling accounts that have reserved a Steam Deck, which I assume may happen as well).

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