Steam Deck Reservations would open today. Right after recently announcing steam Deck yesterday, Valve happens to be wasting some time opening up their reservations for the handheld PC gaming device. Reservations would be opening later today for the Steam Deck first batch that would be available in December 2021. Here we tell you not only how you can reserve one, but what you should know before reserving.
Steam Deck Reservations Details
The reservations process happens to slightly be strange because of Valve’s efforts to stop scalpers from snatching up all the stocks available. Reservations happen to open at 10 AM PDT/1 PM EDT today over the steam store, where three different configurations of the steam deck get listed: One with 64GB of eMMC storage available at $399, another available with a 256GB NVMe SSD for $529, and a third that comes with a 512GB NVMe SSD for $649.
You would be carrying a case regardless of the model that you pick, and though there are some bonuses in the two more expensive models (that includes an anti-glare glass in the 512GB model), you would mostly be paying extra for increased storage. Have it at the back of your mind that each of the models would come with a MicroSD slot, and on the 64GB model, in particular, you will probably require to be making use of it, given the size of a lot of modern games.
Getting a Steam Deck Reserve
If you happen to be reserving a steam Deck today, then you do not need to pay the entire purchase price upfront. Instead, you are only required to put in $5 down today, and that will either get refunded if you decide to cancel your reservation before release or put toward the cost of your steam Deck when it comes to the time to make your purchase right in December.
Steam Deck Availability
When the Steam Deck releases right in December, Valve would further notify all their steam users in the order that the reservations get received. However, reservations are would only be open today in launch regions for the Stream Deck, along with those that reside in the United States, United Kingdom, European Union, and Canada. While Valve talks about information concerning availability in the expanded regions to be coming soon, so far all those that are situated right in those regions of the world have confirmed that for steam Deck.
The great news about this is that the reservation queue would be regional. And this means if you happen to be a US-Based customer that is reserving a Steam deck, you would only be in line with other United Stated customers when the orders open up later in the year.
Getting a Steam Deck Reservation
You would require a Steam account to be able to get a Steam Deck. And if you want to reserve one today, you would be required to do it with an account that is established, and have purchase something right before June 2021.
If you are not in possession of a Steam account as the one in the description above and you are creating one to order a steam deck, you will be able to do just that. But you would be required to wait for 48 hours before you would be able to reserve one yourself. For the steam account that was freshly created, it seems the reservations would be open on Sunday, July 18th at 10 AM PDT/1 PM EDT.
