Steam deck payment plan?

[LettersFrom]

For anyone that's reserved their steam deck, i was wonder if you can pay as much or as little until the release date, sort of like a layaway system, or is it just the $5 to reserve and its paid full up front once its released? The reason I asked is because I was think about getting one later on but paying the full amount all at once is a little much for me, like i wouldn't mind paying half one month and the rest on the next month kind of thing.

[WhitePhantom]

You have to pay in full when it's time. The closest thing to a payment plan would be adding funds to your Steam wallet every now and then.

[MalikQayum]

there has been no case past or presence that would indicate that a payment arrangement like that exist. it is doubtful it will ever be an option, if you ask me.

one can never know, what valves does.

[Spawn of Totoro]

It is call a credit card. Valve gets the full amount and you pay back the credit card (with interest) in payments... that or a loan, but it is kind of strange to take out a loan for such a device.

[Hanomaly]

İlk olarak LettersFrom tarafından gönderildi:

For anyone that's reserved their steam deck, i was wonder if you can pay as much or as little until the release date, sort of like a layaway system, or is it just the $5 to reserve and its paid full up front once its released? The reason I asked is because I was think about getting one later on but paying the full amount all at once is a little much for me, like i wouldn't mind paying half one month and the rest on the next month kind of thing.

if you are okay paying half one month... and half the next...
Why not save half *this month* ... and the other half *next month*... then.... by the time you need to pay you will have the full amount saved?

you can pre-plan and save before you make a purchase, rather than after!

[adz]

i think its best to pay the full amount, if the device was in my region i would just pay it off at once no different when purchasing a pc or console in my case its just easier than owing money i wouldn't recommend a CC OP very easy to get in debt. use a debit card!

its not hard to put money a side for things like this also. good idea to save.

[Hamless Hog]

you could even start saving early, so in 2 months youll have the funds.

[rawWwRrr]

İlk olarak LettersFrom tarafından gönderildi:

For anyone that's reserved their steam deck, i was wonder if you can pay as much or as little until the release date, sort of like a layaway system, or is it just the $5 to reserve and its paid full up front once its released? The reason I asked is because I was think about getting one later on but paying the full amount all at once is a little much for me, like i wouldn't mind paying half one month and the rest on the next month kind of thing.

It's still several months until the reserved Decks begin to ship out. It'll take several months after that to get through the reservations. What is stopping you from saving up now? Set aside a portion every month until you have the full amount and then when you're ready to make the purchase you'll have it.

[Fake]

Take $20 and put it in a jar evey week. Bam, you'll now have funds in a few months.

[crunchyfrog]

Not likely to happen, for one very simple reason - credit.

Such things are licenced and I seriously doubt that Valve would want to go through the rigourous load of crap involved just to offer that.

I get it - it would defo help some people, but it's the same as many other stores.
Go look at any other stores that DOES offer these facilities - you'll quickly see there's the small print about who and how the credit is done.

[Satoru]

Steam isn’t a bank or financial institution

If you want financing talk to a bank

[Flavius Claudius Julianus]

Does Klarna work with Steam? Google Klarna. It creates an alternate card you can use for the purchase and you can pay it back in 4 installments every 2 weeks. It’s great, I use it all the time for all kinda of purchases, but have never tried it on Steam. I might actually try it for the Steam Deck.

[Fake]

İlk olarak Flavius Claudius Julianus tarafından gönderildi:

Does Klarna work with Steam? Google Klarna. It creates an alternate card you can use for the purchase and you can pay it back in 4 installments every 2 weeks. It’s great, I use it all the time for all kinda of purchases, but have never tried it on Steam. I might actually try it for the Steam Deck.

That's just a credit card. . . .

[Flavius Claudius Julianus]

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İlk olarak Flavius Claudius Julianus tarafından gönderildi:

Does Klarna work with Steam? Google Klarna. It creates an alternate card you can use for the purchase and you can pay it back in 4 installments every 2 weeks. It’s great, I use it all the time for all kinda of purchases, but have never tried it on Steam. I might actually try it for the Steam Deck.

That's just a credit card. . . .

Not at all the same. Credit cards have interest if you don’t pay within the allotted time, and many of them don’t give you almost 2 months to pay it off.

[Fake]

İlk olarak Flavius Claudius Julianus tarafından gönderildi:

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That's just a credit card. . . .

Not at all the same. Credit cards have interest if you don’t pay within the allotted time, and many of them don’t give you almost 2 months to pay it off.

And if you don't pay it off in 2 months, are you charged interest?

So, it's just a credit card with a gimmick of roping in people that should not be buying things on credit.

[Flavius Claudius Julianus]

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İlk olarak Flavius Claudius Julianus tarafından gönderildi:

Not at all the same. Credit cards have interest if you don’t pay within the allotted time, and many of them don’t give you almost 2 months to pay it off.

And if you don't pay it off in 2 months, are you charged interest?

So, it's just a credit card with a gimmick of roping in people that should not be buying things on credit.

Why is that even relevant? This is not a discussion over the merits of different ways in which to pay for something. The point is it answers the op’s question of providing another possible method in which to split up the payments when buying the steam deck without having to resort to credit cards and possibly getting ♥♥♥♥♥♥ by interest.