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The Steam Deck is quite excellent. And it just shipped. Though I would love to see a game come out of there again sometime. :)

• klodolph 4y ago
  HL-3 would never make as much revenue as all those hats they made for Team Fortress 2.
• girvo 4y ago
  I would love to see the Steam Deck release in Australia mind you. Still kind of wild to me that it hasn't been. Conspiratorialy, I always wonder if it's punishment for the ACCC forcing Valve/Steam to handle refunds via Aus consumer law, but I have no evidence of that.
  • denkmoon 4y ago
    Valve appears to have determined that for whatever reason it's not worth selling hardware in Australia. No Index here either.
    • girvo 4y ago
      Hence my conspiracy theory! My wild assumption is that they don't want to deal with our consumer law, and/or they want to punish us for the ACCC forcing them to respect it wrt. Steam.
    • tenryuu 4y ago
      ? https://www.ebgames.com.au/featured/valve-index https://www.ebgames.com.au/featured/valve-index
      • denkmoon 4y ago
        Well there it is. Definitely wasn't available from EB within the first 12 months of launch though. I know because I wanted one.
        • tenryuu 4y ago
          Took two whole years to arrive according to PCGAMER, appearing online for preorder in June last year
    • brnaftr361 4y ago
      From the document provided in TFA there seems to be a probable explanation (see pg. 55): Australia — A place that’s either very near or is New Zealand where more than half of Valve’s employees were born.
      • girvo 4y ago
        That's the funniest part too, they don't sell their hardware in New Zealand either.