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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (4 children)

They don't sell the steam deck in Australia?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

They don’t, but irritatingly, when one of its accessories are on sale Steam will pitch it to me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Not officially. There are resellers but they have their own risks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

That'll probably be the big news from all this, further global release. I'm not holding my breath for the next iteration until the end of the next console generation (the upcoming "switch 2"generation)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Huh, TIL. Are any of its competitors like the Legion Go or ROG Ally available?

[–] punkfungus 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yes, both the Ally and the Go are sold in Australia. However it's also quite easy to order a "grey import" Steam Deck from Amazon, which is what I did. I'm guessing the sheer number of Steam Decks that have been sold into Australia that way are factoring into Valve's decision, because anecdotally among my peers the Steam Decks owned outnumber the Allys 4:1. Pretty impressive for a device not officially sold here.