Steam will appear at PAX Australia 2024 for the first time ever, pointing to a possible 'official' Steam Deck launch down under - eviltoast
  • TheGibberishGuy@beehaw.org
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    2 months ago

    No, and it took years for the index to make it down officially too. One of the reasons I remember hearing was that for any warranty or repairs the detective unit would’ve had to have been shipped all the way to the US and back again which can easily be some $100 in postage for the round trip.

    Eventually it became available thru EB Games (think Aus Gamestop) who I imagine can act as a intermediary and send units up in batches rather than one at a time

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      2 months ago

      EB Games?? They were in the US for a while until Gamestop bought them iirc. Used to have an EB Games in my local mall like over a decade ago.

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        2 months ago

        Well there you go. We also have Woolworths, Target, and Kmart still more or less thriving (certainly more than their northern brethren)