Valve aims to ramp up Steam Deck shipments

Valve is saying it's starting to ramp up Steam Deck production and will be sending more order availability emails every week to those who reserved. It's currently sending the first set of emails to Q2 reservers and says that no reservation windows have been changed or delayed.

We've also updated the Steam Deck product page to clarify what Q2, Q3, and After Q3 mean in terms of months. No reservation windows have been changed or delayed, only some additional info. Log in and visit this page to see your quarterly estimate: https://t.co/AcuGmUPbNN

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Any of three tiers of Steam Deck ordered now are estimated to arrive in October, or possibly later. According to Valve's Lawrence Yang in an interview with IGN in February, ramping up of production will happen very quickly - tens of thousands in the first month, hundreds of thousands in the second month.

Having your Steam Deck delayed may be a blessing in disguise as early reviews have reported many issues. Some have deemed the device unfit for gaming, while others say it's very much a work in progress, but having huge promise. All things in keeping with the Steam Deck's first-gen nature.

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