Yes, I preloaded my steam wallet yesterday so I could skip the card step. I happened to check the store page 2 minutes early and it was live so I sent it.

Payment processor can't keep up with the demand.

Eyy, finally managed to get one. Right before they went out of stock.

Stuck on the payment screen myself. Scrolling Lenny and pressing “Pay Now” every minute or so.

This is how it was with the OG Steam Deck, too. Took me about 15 minutes of guard dogging to make sure I got one. That was a pretty stressful time, lol

This was bullshit, had it in my cart the minute it became available but it was impossible to checkout on mobile. All my friends on pc bought theirs on easily

Nope, it's dead Jim. It doesn't go past entering shipping details

I will be waiting but I wish all you real people who woll use it good luck. And dont buckle to the scalpers in a few weeks: these will come back in stock in due time.

I was unlucky. Didn't remember the launch until it was too late. Not that it would have mattered since I was in lecture for college, but still would have been nice if I could have ordered one!

Mine just went through suddenly.

Store had been working fine for me, but the processing card step of the checkout has been broken for me.

I got one! Needed to spam the checkout buttons but it eventually went through.

Snagged one with little trouble, but I was early -- checked at XX:57 and the sale had gone live already, and I had put the money for it in my Steam Wallet last week as I wanted as few failure points as possible.

These things don't usually work out for me, so I have plenty of sympathy for those who got hung-up on the ordering page or just came a bit too late. For myself, I'm quite excited and it seems like it could even be here by the end of the week!

It’s 2026 and we still don’t have the technology to support server demand surges like this in a way that is appealing to implement.

When I first saw such things happen over 20 years ago, I figured it was always incompetence. Now I know it’s just reality.

Its out of stock now

It was actually in stock a few minutes before 10AM pacific, I was able to snag one at 9:58.

Aaaaaaaand Europe is gone too.

Bought!

I got one, just keep spamming continue, it will eventually go through!

Edit: Out of stock. Fuck my life!

Hitting the Continue like I hit that cunt in you.

No such luck.

Still have my og steam controller 😎

"There seems to have been an error initializing or updating your transaction. Please wait a minute and try again or contact support for assistance."

Well, anyone who managed to get one, lemme know how the d-pad is on it. Is it better than the OG Steam Deck D-pad or the OLED D-pad? I changed my OLED d-pad to mechanical buttons, and it's felt much more accurate for 2d platformers and fighters.

I was able to grab mine, just kept spamming order on the payment screen, and got it eventually. Also looks like it's still in stock so I guess I worried for not much in terms of it going out of stock

Keep spamming Continue. It'll eventually switch to "Working." I must have hit it at least a hundred times from 9:59 PST to 10:10 before it worked for me. I wished they had opened purchasing right on the dot instead of a few minutes early, but oh well. I'm happy.

Edit: Out of Stock. Sorry everyone who didn't get one. :(

...And the site just updated to Out of Stock. Grats to those of you who managed to get a payment jammed through.

Got my order in!

Super smooth checkout on the mobile app. 5 minutes before the hour

Got on right at 1 and was hammering the pay button to no avail. They're now showing out of stock :(

Have received "There seems to have been an error initializing or updating your transaction. Please wait a minute and try again or contact support for assistance." on all attempts, all payment methods. Looks like it'll just be fried for a minute.

I expected to be trying for a while, but I got mine on my first try, just before the scheduled time (30 minutes ago). Pretty lucky.

I had to spam the button for some minutes before it finally went through. Keep trying!

Nope, just went out of stock :(

I hit continue about 200 times and it went through

I got one at 10:05, but I really had to mash through it. It was in my cart at 9:59, but I kept getting initialization errors at the payment stage.

I should mention that I added $100 to my Steam Wallet a few days ago to make the process easier. It still sucked.

As rough as this is it wasn't nearly as bad as my experience ordering the Steam Deck.....

I checked the page 2 mins earlier and was already purchasable. I managed to get it at 02, I got it probably with the first batch. Yay!

I did it! Spamming "Continue" actually worked! Now let's see when it gets delivered.

Here's my confession: I will rarely use it and never sell it. It's my second true collector's item, much like the original. I'm perfectly happy with mouse and keyboard, I just want to own one for the sake of it.

Getting the launch version is the cherry on top.

Glad they sold out so fast. Now I can't impulse buy one and can wait for the reviews.

Mine just came in! All I've done is open it and make sure it's real so far.

My order went through easily enough.