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A year is a long time to wait for a pre-order. This isn't kickstarter. More specifically, 7+ months is a long time to wait after a product starts shipping. Ad

A year is a long time to wait for a pre-order. This isn't kickstarter. More specifically, 7+ months is a long time to wait after a product starts shipping. Additionally, I ordered the 512 model. They have only processed two hours worth of orders for the 512 gb model. I'm 6 hours in.

parineum 4y ago
>They have only processed two hours worth of orders for the 512 gb model. I'm 6 hours in. I imagine that the orders per hour density drops significantly over time. I wouldn't be surprised if hours 1 and 2 had the same amount of orders as the rest of day 1
- seba_dos1 4y ago
  Not only order density drops down, but also production yield ramps up with time. They're likely a few months away from clearing the queue and keeping stock.
seba_dos1 4y ago
> A year is a long time to wait for a pre-order. You haven't pre-ordered it at all, you just reserved your spot in the queue for refundable $5. And no, we're in 2022; supply chains barely start to recover from post-COVID shortages. It's not unexpected to wait for a year or two for consumer hardware like that - there's often a long time between "product starts shipping" and "production ramps up to significant volume" now, which didn't use to be as noticeable pre-pandemic, as normally you want to ramp up as soon as possible to benefit from economies of scale.
fuzzy2 4y ago
> They have only processed two hours worth of orders for the 512 gb model. I ordered at 10:54 PM CEST (== 1:54 PM PST), almost 4 hours in. I received my 512 GB Deck over a month ago, right in the indicated time frame. But that's in Europe (shipped via Amsterdam, as usual), it may be different elsewhere.
bitwize 4y ago
People still have a hard time getting ninth-gen consoles from Sony or Microsoft. Something as boutique-schmoutique as the Steam Deck is gonna get hit hard by supply chain issues.

parineum 4y ago

>They have only processed two hours worth of orders for the 512 gb model. I'm 6 hours in. I imagine that the orders per hour density drops significantly over time. I wouldn't be surprised if hours 1 and 2 had the same amount of orders as the rest of day 1

seba_dos1 4y ago
Not only order density drops down, but also production yield ramps up with time. They're likely a few months away from clearing the queue and keeping stock.

seba_dos1 4y ago

> A year is a long time to wait for a pre-order. You haven't pre-ordered it at all, you just reserved your spot in the queue for refundable $5. And no, we're in 2022; supply chains barely start to recover from post-COVID shortages. It's not unexpected to wait for a year or two for consumer hardware like that - there's often a long time between "product starts shipping" and "production ramps up to significant volume" now, which didn't use to be as noticeable pre-pandemic, as normally you want to ramp up as soon as possible to benefit from economies of scale.

fuzzy2 4y ago

> They have only processed two hours worth of orders for the 512 gb model. I ordered at 10:54 PM CEST (== 1:54 PM PST), almost 4 hours in. I received my 512 GB Deck over a month ago, right in the indicated time frame. But that's in Europe (shipped via Amsterdam, as usual), it may be different elsewhere.

bitwize 4y ago

People still have a hard time getting ninth-gen consoles from Sony or Microsoft. Something as boutique-schmoutique as the Steam Deck is gonna get hit hard by supply chain issues.