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Steam Deck Q4 2022 invitations are already being sent

Valve has indicated that it is farther ahead of schedule than anticipated on Steam Deck shipments.

Ozzie Mejia

September 19, 2022 1:55 PM

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Valve continues to produce Steam Deck handhelds ahead of its projected schedule. On Monday, the company announced that anybody with a Q3 2022 reversation window has been contacted with invitations to pick up their Steam Deck. Meanwhile, folks with a Q4 2022 reservation should start hearing from the house that Gabe Newell built soon.

Here's the message posted to Steam on Monday:

As some folks on the internet have noticed (we see you Reddit!), we're speeding through reservations at an accelerated pace. This is due to increased production, and we've beaten our own estimates yet again. With today’s batch of emails we’ve now sent invitations for all reservations in the Q3 (July-September) bucket.

Now that Q3 is done early, we're going to get a head start on the next set of reservations, and are fulfilling reservations that were scheduled for the Q4 window. We've updated the store page to reflect this, with an updated bucket description: September-December.

Valve first indicated earlier this summer that it would begin ramping up Steam Deck production. The company cited the reduction of various supply chain issues as the reason for the expedited reservation windows. Furthermore, current reservations on Steam have expected order availability for new Steam Deck orders at "September-December 2022." Just be aware that your new Steam Deck may come with a slightly slower SSD.

As the holidays approach, Steam Decks may shoot to the top of some gift lists, so Valve's latest developments may be worth monitoring. We'll continue to watch for the latest news on this handheld device, so keep an eye on the Steam Deck topic page for the latest news and updates.

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?