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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

For consoles in general Sony and Nintendo are the top dogs, no question, but I remember refreshing the pre order page over and over, got my order in about 10 minutes and was still placed in wave 3. I think scalpers are also largely responsible for both the Steam Deck and Switch sales, as I know no one IRL who has either and most of my friends are nerds.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Are you from the US ? I procrastinated my preorder and did it a week after they opened them, and I think I got in wave 2 (western Europe).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

On the OG Steam Deck or the OLED one? I am from Germany. I think you may have been in wave 2 of the next year block. There is no way you'd have received it in the same year, unless there was an error.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

OG one. I think you're right, I forgot because that year went by fast but I received it the next year

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

I forget what wave I was on. I know I wasn't there day one, but it also wasn't that long of a wait.

My best guess is Valve was making very few of these. It's pretty impressive that Nintendo has been able to move this many consoles while keeping stock up, but Valve was clearly not operating at that volume for both cost reasons and to create some hype.

For the record, I do own both a Switch 2 and a Deck. It wasn't that hard to get either, but the Switch 2 was available on day one in a way the Deck was not.