PC gamers patiently waiting to get their hands on Valveās portable gaming PC wonāt have to wait much longer, as the company announced that itās making the Steam Deck available to order on February 25, 2022.
Not only did the company announce that it would start taking orders for the highly-anticipated Steam Deck, but it also announced that the hardware would ship just three days later, on February 28, 2022. That means that if you actually manage to order one, you wonāt have to wait very long to have the gaming PC in your hands.
Users who have already reserved a Steam Deck will receive an email with an invitation to purchase the device on launch day. Theyāll have 72 hours to order their Steam Deck; otherwise, the invitation will be passed on to someone on the waitlist.
Additionally, you can only order the model you originally reserved, so if youāve changed your mind and decided you want to go for a cheaper or more expensive model, you wonāt be able to do so without forfeiting your place in line and starting over in the waitlist.
The money you already spent on the reservation will be applied to the final purchase price of the Steam Deck, so it wonāt be wasted. However, if you donāt order in the first 72 hours, Valve didnāt say what would happen to the cash you put down.
If you didnāt reserve a Steam Deck and you arenāt already on the waitlist, your chances of getting one right away are zero. Valve did say that it plans to release new batches of orders weekly, but the company didnāt say how many would be available in these additional batches. You can join the waitlist now, but itāll be a while before youāre invited to buy one.