Any hope of this coming to SEA (Philippines)?

[[DJ] Pope Francis]

The $399 (64GB) looks kinda enticing. But two things I'm concerned with, mainly:

• Will this be available in my country?
  
• If not, will Valve directly handle the sales/shipping stuff?
  
• If the above is true, can I purchase it directly via Steam (with Steam Wallet)?
  
• Lastly, is it exactly $399?

USD to Philippine Peso conversion is $1=58.62 Php right now, so roughly 23,390.18 Philippine Peso. Or will Valve charge for shipping?

[ReBoot]

Is previous Valve hardware available for you?

[Lala Satalin Deviluke]

didnt they announce japan/south korea preorders coming soon? that might include phillipines

[Jake Sully]

To know which countries valve have got steam deck available is by checking this list.

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/339C-BC5C-3D89-53D9

You have all countries there listed that steam deck is currently available for.

Update: It seems list is not 100% updated so yeah.

[[DJ] Pope Francis]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Is previous Valve hardware available for you?

sadly no. Neither the Steam Link, Steam Controller, nor any of the Steam Machines were available to me. I really want a Steam Deck and I already saved up (more than enough) for the 64GB one.

[fender178]

Originally posted by DJ Pope Francis:

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Is previous Valve hardware available for you?

sadly no. Neither the Steam Link, Steam Controller, nor any of the Steam Machines were available to me. I really want a Steam Deck and I already saved up (more than enough) for the 64GB one.

What about the valve index. Valve's VR head set.

[Beardy]

You may have to buy it 3rd party. Your best bet would be to find a friend you can send the money to, and have them order it for you then ship it to you.

Even with the extra shipping, I'm sure it would be cheaper than ebay.

[[DJ] Pope Francis]

Originally posted by Beardy:

You may have to buy it 3rd party. Your best bet would be to find a friend you can send the money to, and have them order it for you then ship it to you.

Even with the extra shipping, I'm sure it would be cheaper than ebay.

I do have friends in the US but the Steam Deck isn't sold in stores (yet), right? I highly doubt they have the time to order online (most of them don't know how to operate computers. lol).

[Jake Sully]

Originally posted by DJ Pope Francis:

Originally posted by Beardy:

You may have to buy it 3rd party. Your best bet would be to find a friend you can send the money to, and have them order it for you then ship it to you.

Even with the extra shipping, I'm sure it would be cheaper than ebay.

I do have friends in the US but the Steam Deck isn't sold in stores (yet), right? I highly doubt they have the time to order online (most of them don't know how to operate computers. lol).

That is correct steam deck is not sold in stores. Only with reservation straight through steam website.

[@R+5]

Originally posted by rstewart00:

didnt they announce japan/south korea preorders coming soon? that might include phillipines

i think japan and korea are usually considered a different "region"; philipines is usually considered as part of the group that includes australia, so there are bigger chances for philipines if they included australia. afaik theres no news about that.

Mexico for example, even if considered north america is placed in "latam" region, so until that region, or at least two more "big" countries (ie Argentine) are mentioned, the chances for official sales through steam store are also very low.

[@R+5]

Originally posted by Jake Sully:

That is correct steam deck is not sold in stores.

but hopefully, maybe, one day they will make a deal with one chain to open sales in countries that arent currently covered. imo, it would be better if there was a way they could make a good deal with amazon to help with distribution in more countries.

imo this could help reducing scalpers trying to resell the deck overpriced.

[Jake Sully]

Originally posted by @R+5:

Originally posted by rstewart00:

didnt they announce japan/south korea preorders coming soon? that might include phillipines

i think japan and korea are usually considered a different "region"; philipines is usually considered as part of the group that includes australia, so there are bigger chances for philipines if they included australia. afaik theres no news about that.

Mexico for example, even if considered north america is placed in "latam" region, so until that region, or at least two more "big" countries (ie Argentine) are mentioned, the chances for official sales through steam store are also very low.

Australia has nothing todo with philipines. Australia is Australia.

[zenstrata]

Shipping is included in the price of the Steam Deck, I am not certain if they are shipping to the Philippines, I did hear they were going to be shipping to South Korea, Australia, and Japan soon (if not already). So you could order it to one of those places, then arrange to pick it up or have it shipped from there to you.

I also strongly suggest you get a Micro SD card to go along with it. Especially if you get the 64GB steam deck, then only install games on the Micro SD card and leave the primary drive for the needs of Steam OS. Samsung makes a good one. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09B1HMJ9Z/

[@R+5]

Originally posted by Jake Sully:

Australia has nothing todo with philipines. Australia is Australia.

you didnt got my point: its about how big corporations like to distribute products and sales in different countries by their location vs the amount of potential sales.

australia is part of "oceania":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceania

philipines is a bit north, and may be closer to south korea, but unlike australia, there are less people there that may be able to afford a steam deck, and then also willing to buy one. in australia more people have enough "purchasing power" to get a deck.

that means that if valve could send steam decks to australia, there would be little to no excuse to also include later philipines, since its already closer to korea and japan. philipines may be "low priority" but for those reasons if australia was included, they would have a chance to have official distribution too.

i mentioned Mexico as an example of a similar situation. Currently there are no countries in the southern region of america considered, and even if mexico is next to usa, is probably too risky to distribute steam decks for some other reason.

[Beardy]

With a VPN You can make a new steam account from USA, order it, pay for it and ship it to a friend in the US. They could then ship to you.

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by Beardy:

With a VPN You can make a new steam account from USA, order it, pay for it and ship it to a friend in the US. They could then ship to you.

Faking your location this way is forbidden by the SSA.