
Kogan currently has the better deals but you need to be signed up to Kogan First if you want the considerable discounts listed below (there's a 14-day free trial if you only need it for purchasing the Steam Deck). Pros Tons of control flexibility Excellent specs. Some US states do not charge tax for online purchases.

Taxes are NOT included in the price of the Deck, but Shipping is. Both websites offer fast, free shipping on various models. Steam Deck MSRP 400.00 Score Details DT Recommended Product The Steam Deck feels like a first draft that will be rapidly improved upon. You will SURELY get one sooner, at MSRP, than waiting for them to just be available for anyone to order or walk into an electronics store and buy. For example, Valve’s Index VR headset didn’t arrive in Australia until two years after it launched elsewhere.įor now, your best option is to simply purchase it through Amazon and Kogan. That said, local availability for Valve products in Australia has been notoriously unpredictable in the past. If you get the deck and you dont like it you can sell it for MSRP and get the Xbox.


Its awesome, every game I have tried so far works. That precedent, along with enduring dominance of EB Games as the go-to gaming retailer for many Australian communities, is one reason to hope that Valve might look at another team-up when it comes to launching the Steam Deck in Australi sofficially. Steam deck could run them, but an xbox will probably have better performance. As mentioned above, the Steam Deck is now available to purchase through various Australian retailers online but it still hasn't appeared in brick-and-mortar stores, like JB HI-FI or EB Games.Īt one point in time, Valve’s Steam Link streaming box and the accompanying Steam Controller were readily available and sold in Australia via an alliance with EB Games. This compares to the Steam Deck’s 4-core custom Zen 2 APU, which caps out at 15W plugged in or on battery.
