Valve Expanding Steam Deck Availability To Asian Markets

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Valve Expanding Steam Deck Availability To Asian Markets

In addition to continuing to ramp up their Steam Deck production to fulfill existing pre-order reservations this calendar year thanks to addressing supply chain bottlenecks, Valve announced today that in partnership with Komodo they are bringing this Linux-powered gaming console to Asian markets...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Valve-Steam-Deck-In-Asia

[programmerjake]

> Ľ59,800

I think you meant:

JPY 59,800

> KRW 589,000 in Korea

I'd expect you meant South Korea

[rabcor]

60k isn't a bad price, but weren't they already struggling to supply the western market due to high demand?

[microcode]

> Ľ59,800

I think you meant:

JPY 59,800

> KRW 589,000 in Korea

I'd expect you meant South Korea

Nobody has to say "South Korea" in this context, nobody thinks there's a market for Steam Deck in the land of Juche.

[Alexmitter]

Nobody has to say "South Korea" in this context, nobody thinks there's a market for Steam Deck in the land of Juche.

Depends, if Valve builds them a high rise hotel in Pyongyang maybe.

[Inopia]

>

I'd expect you meant South Korea

That's not the proper name of any country. I'd expect you meant The Republic of Korea.

[programmerjake]

That's not the proper name of any country. I'd expect you meant The Republic of Korea.

Commonly referred to as South Korea. If you look for "Republic of Korea" on Wikipedia, it redirects to South Korea.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Korea&redirect=no

[DanglingPointer]

Same with Taiwan, its official name is Republic of China or ROC.

At any rate, when do we get them in Australia!?!? Want to get my 5yr old son one for his Lego games and Sonic collection!

[Trevelyan]

What about Switzerland? Every neighbouring country has it…

[Keats]

60k isn't a bad price, but weren't they already struggling to supply the western market due to high demand?

Apparently they've gotten through the backlog to the point where they can fulfill new orders within a month.