Hands on Steam Deck in Australia

Jeev1 on 27/07/2022 - 00:38
Last edited 27/07/2022 - 00:39

Has anyone able to get there hands on Steam deck in Australia. If yes how do you got it and whats the wait times?

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  • veetor on 27/07/2022 - 09:24

    I went to America, bought one off eBay and brought it back with me. Took about a week to arrive.

    • Jimothy Wongingtons on 27/07/2022 - 09:27

      did you mean it took a week to arrive to you in america…or you're referring to vpn-ing to america (?) and ordering it to be shipped via ebay to you in Aus…

      • veetor on 27/07/2022 - 09:28

        One week to arrive from the seller to my place in America. Seller used the cheapest UPS shipping method.

        • Jimothy Wongingtons on 27/07/2022 - 09:29

          dang

          can you confirm its everything its hyped up to be (and more?!)

          • veetor on 27/07/2022 - 09:44
            +1

            @Jimothy Wongingtons: Definitely can confirm. I always rolled my eyes when people talked about how good the Steam Controller's touchpads and gyro were, but they do legit make FPS and other mouse-reliant games playable.

            Performance-wise, very pleased. The APU is incredibly efficient - for 2D games I've seen the APU's power usage go under 1 watt. Older 3D games at around 5 watts, and I can get 40 FPS in Elden Ring at 15 watts.

            Proton compatibility hasn't been an issue for me - my library officially shows 23% (1000+) of my games are supported, but only five or so of the untested games I've tried so far don't run.

            Only thing that really lets it down is the storage - shaders and proton compatibility consume a ridiculous amount of space. I work around it with the microSD card, which does load games decently fast.

            • Jimothy Wongingtons on 27/07/2022 - 09:49

              @veetor: bloody hell that was what i was afraid of, now i definitely still want one

              • veetor on 27/07/2022 - 10:00
                +1

                @Jimothy Wongingtons: You might want to consider the GPD Win Max 2, AYN Loki, Aya Neo 2 Geek or AOKZOE A1 - they should be coming out next quarter and all use the 6800U, which has better performance at 15+ watts. I suspect they'll all release long before Valve does a deal with EB to sell marked up Decks here. I've pre-ordered a Win Max 2 as a desktop replacement/portable gaming machine.

                • Jimothy Wongingtons on 27/07/2022 - 10:04

                  @veetor:

                  Win Max 2

                  via indiegogo?

                  • veetor on 27/07/2022 - 10:08
                    +1

                    @Jimothy Wongingtons: Yes. GPD has a history of delivering, so I wouldn't worry about them taking the money and running. Only issue with these Chinese manufacturers is the aftermarket support. People have reported months waiting on RMAs and I personally have been in a situation where GPD couldn't send me replacement parts to fix a trigger because they just didn't have them.

                • veetor on 27/07/2022 - 10:15

                  @veetor: 11+ watts, actually.

    • Porker on 27/07/2022 - 09:41
      +1

      Cool - I'm going to buy a house in America and hopefully I'll receive it quicker than a week! :p

  • Jimothy Wongingtons on 27/07/2022 - 09:27
    +3

    i feel by the time australia gets steam deck, the rest of world will be up to v2.

    • askbargain on 27/07/2022 - 10:36
      +3

      At least there won't be a third.

    • [Deactivated] on 27/07/2022 - 11:00

      Dont forget the Australia tax.. exorbitant mark ups

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