I’m still sitting here trying…
I got one at 10:05, but I really had to mash through it. It was in my cart at 9:59, but I kept getting initialization errors at the payment stage.
Super smooth checkout on the mobile app. 5 minutes before the hour
I got one! Needed to spam the checkout buttons but it eventually went through.
I will be waiting but I wish all you real people who woll use it good luck. And dont buckle to the scalpers in a few weeks: these will come back in stock in due time.
Bought!
Payment processor can’t keep up with the demand.
I think it’s funny just how popular this thing is. How may people do you think are trying to buy it vs scalp it? 90:10? 80:20?
I don’t even think it’s that, I had preloaded wallet credit my payment was failing too.
After lots of button spamming, I eventually got my order placed.
Yes, I preloaded my steam wallet yesterday so I could skip the card step. I happened to check the store page 2 minutes early and it was live so I sent it.
Yeah I check 2 min early just so I could refresh the page right at 10, and I was surprised when I saw the orders were open, after spamming the next button on payment, I was able to get mine in at 10
Gratz!
I had money in my wallet too and got the buy button about 1 minute early, but still got stuck in the “There seems to have been an error” loop until my order went through 32 minutes later.
That was very smart, I’ll keep that in mind for when the next hardware drops.
I did not know you could do this. I did save my credit card info yesterday, but would have done this if I knew how.
It’s the Add funds button in your steam wallet. You can add multiple of 5s
Thank you! I have always seen that, but figured it was to use a gift card.
Had the same idea but I still can’t order.
Lucky you, I’m stuck trying to get past the “yes, use my wallet credit” screen :(
It was a good plan to preload it yesterday… but plans and reality. You know.
“There seems to have been an error initializing or updating your transaction. Please wait a minute and try again or contact support for assistance.”
Its out of stock now
Yeah, also thanks to scalpers. (Also, since when is it legal to offer an item on ebay you don’t even have in your possession?)
It’s apparently going in and out of stock in waves, so there’s still hope
In the US? Seems to be still in stock in Europe. But I still have a hard time ordering despite preloading my account with enough money.
Yes it was in the US at the time of posting. Came back up in stock about twenty minuted later and I actually got one. Now it is listed as OOS tho.
Stuck on the payment screen myself. Scrolling Lenny and pressing “Pay Now” every minute or so
Preordering the Deck was definitely stressful knowing every little delay could push you weeks down the shipping queue. I think I also got my Deck order in right at about 15 minutes which put my shipment in one of the April waves. Is that about where yours was too?
It’s been too long ago now, but that sounds right
Haha, I’ll never forget it because of how much the community was obsessed with mapping order times down to the second with each shipping wave and trying to predict ahead. I checked all those spreadsheets and things quite often in the couple months before my shipping notification. They actually got pretty close. It’s a shame I don’t actually use the Deck more than I do.
Too late to catch the Steam Deck rush but just in time for the Steam Controller one.
Too late for the Steam Deck
Too early for Steam Machine 2
Just in time for Steam Controller 2
There seems to have been an error initializing or updating your transaction. Please wait a minute and try again or contact support for assistance.
Well, anyone who managed to get one, lemme know how the d-pad is on it. Is it better than the OG Steam Deck D-pad or the OLED D-pad? I changed my OLED d-pad to mechanical buttons, and it’s felt much more accurate for 2d platformers and fighters.
There are many YouTubers with reviews of this. They say the dpad still uses membrane but feels better than Steamdeck but still has a bit of cardinal slide.
I got one and will try to post to this community with my thoughts after I receive it.
The dpad is also my biggest worry with it.
What did you do to upgrade your deck dpad? I would love to do that to mine too if it works well and isn’t too loud.
Keep spamming Continue. It’ll eventually switch to “Working.” I must have hit it at least a hundred times from 9:59 PST to 10:10 before it worked for me. I wished they had opened purchasing right on the dot instead of a few minutes early, but oh well. I’m happy.
I did it! Spamming “Continue” actually worked! Now let’s see when it gets delivered.
Mine just went through suddenly.
Store had been working fine for me, but the processing card step of the checkout has been broken for me.
I hit continue about 200 times and it went through
