vividspecter@lemm.ee to Steam Deck@sopuli.xyz · 22 hours agoValve will finally sell the Steam Deck in Australiawww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1246arrow-down10
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minus-squareSavvyWolf@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49·22 hours agoShoutout to Unlucky Steve who made this happen by paying $1000 to get one from the US a few minutes before the announcement.
minus-squarejonne@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·21 hours agoLuckily we’ve had grey imports for a while that were pretty much only a few $100 more.
minus-squareCreat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 hours ago“a few hundred more” for a device that only costs a few hundred to begin with seems a rather hefty premium to pay, and calling that “lucky”.
minus-squarejonne@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 hour agoI paid A$1,189.00 for the 1TB OLED one, Valve will be selling it for A$ 1,049.00. To me, that wasn’t a huge difference, especially considering there was no indication Valve was ever going to sell it here.
minus-squarevividspecter@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-218 hours agoI got lucky and only paid a bit more than RRP, but you pretty much had to sit around and wait for a deal.
Shoutout to Unlucky Steve who made this happen by paying $1000 to get one from the US a few minutes before the announcement.
Luckily we’ve had grey imports for a while that were pretty much only a few $100 more.
“a few hundred more” for a device that only costs a few hundred to begin with seems a rather hefty premium to pay, and calling that “lucky”.
I paid A$1,189.00 for the 1TB OLED one, Valve will be selling it for A$ 1,049.00. To me, that wasn’t a huge difference, especially considering there was no indication Valve was ever going to sell it here.
I got lucky and only paid a bit more than RRP, but you pretty much had to sit around and wait for a deal.