Why not just drive 10 minutes down the road to buy one? 😂

southest asia, malaysia mainly. the pc base is small, the iphone / ipad user are large, but not mac. theres a reason many mobile games that comes from AAA pc company launch in southest asia first, like ubisoft, ea, riot games. the base player is already here

That's a lot of friends

I just got mine off Lazada.

I’m an American living in Philippines. Legit Steam Deck from GameExtreme.

Yes, it was about 125$ more for the base model, but beggars can’t be choosers.

I’m just happy, I finally have something to play PC games wherever, and whenever I’m not at my desk, so I can show the scrubs what they’re missing out being locked into Android or iOS.

not sure what part of ASIA you are talking, Taiwan is definitely not the case.

Same here mate! Had me fingers crossed they meant Asia Pacific but that was wishful thinking haha, if you are after something similar for handheld PC gaming, I ended up buying a Powkiddy RGB max2 off Ali Express for $200 AUD (it should arrive this week so I haven't used it yet) with the intention to use it to stream games from my PC using Steam Link or Moonlight app. I figure if my PC is doing the work then the handheld only really needs to be a controller with a screen haha if you had a capable gaming PC already then grabbing one of those might be a better option than sourcing a Deck over here.

If you're interested there is also the Retro Pocket 3 and Anerbic RG552 that are very similar handhelds (all on Ali Express and often with preloaded games etc)

Could be, but valve probably takes a look at the most profitable markets in Asia. They have the Data, how many active users, how many games they are buying etc.

people here know shit about pc, they are all phone users. out of all my 130 friends, only 12 knows decently about windows.

yeah, we make amd chips here. ps5, xbox, ryzen and rx are made on malaysia. not all, but there are factories. i dont see why valve couldnt just open a factory here and made the logistics easier for the whole asia

Thank you

Why are they getting rid of it and what will replace it?

It ain’t easy being OCE

The biggest change in my life after getting an SD is that it literally made me want to play the hundreds of indies in my backlog. Prior to the SD, I was rarely in the mood for an indie on my battlestation with my 32” 1440p 144hz i9-9900K and 2080 Ti set up. For that I’d gladly do Star Citizen, Escape from Tarkov, Cyberpunk 2077, Elden Ring, etc.

On the Deck, I’m finally enjoying all the more obscure or even popular indies while laying in bed, on the couch, or on the go. It literally made me play more games and a wider variety of games. The SD helped me discover games and genres that I never knew I liked. That’s how much of an impact the SD had on me.

It completes my life on a daily basis. I travel often for work also and so it has been life changing. I still have my Alienware and it has its place, but on the couch, in bed, in airport lounges, at the gate, in flight, etc the SD is unbeatable. Had mine since July and it is kitted out with all sorts of accessories as well.

This means little for those in South East Asia anyway. That’s why I ask my cousin in the Us to bring back one for me

The Deck has a theoretical maximum of 8 hours at the battery’s peak capacity if all components are using minimum power draw. Real world battery life is around 90 minutes in max workloads (e.g. playing Cyberpunk) and 2~4 hours in most workloads. You can manually limit TDP and clamp clock speeds on CPU/GPU to extend battery life upwards of 5~6 hours in retro 2D games.

is this joke title ? across 3 country only. japan, south korea and china specific (taiwan and hongkong) ?

3/ 48 country = 6% country only.. Across . fake news.

How are ya likin’ the Deck? Feel pretty good?

I'm also in SEA, but not in one of the regions that had it available for purchase on Steam. Steam Decks are starting to hit our local game store shelves now. The lowest model costs about $100 more, which is not great, but it's still a lot better when compared to the gray market which sells it at roughly twice the SRP.

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Sad no Singapore.

Guess I’m back to my 3080 builds. I appreciate you taking time to give some great feedback. I’ve got a 49” 5120x1440 and have been advised to get an xx80 card for it.

My last custom build was a Pentium and that was a long time ago. Had a Matrox 3DFS card and loved it at the time. Mexhwarrior2, Quake, DukeNukem3D days.

Seeing some decent spec’s systems on ibuypower and thinking of getting a prebuilt with upgradability.

Logistically its a cake walk. China is a stone’s throw away from all SEA countries and is already a major trading partner.

Scalpers are raking in 60-100% over SRP on Steam Decks and GPUs atm so people are clearly willing to pay top dollar for latest PC tech

Not like it's not late here in South East Asia, I just bought a guitar instead.

How is battery life?