The previous few years have been testing players’ endurance, with the whole lot from the OLED Nintendo Switch to the PS5 to the Analogue Pocket seeing delays on account of the pandemic. Valve’s Steam Deck additionally fell sufferer—the corporate introduced delivery delays again in November—however at this time the company mentioned that the eagerly anticipated console will finally ship subsequent month.

The Steam Deck is a conveyable console harking back to the Nintendo Switch however with extra horsepower, which permits it to play PC video games from the Steam library. It was initially alleged to ship by December of final 12 months, however on account of the worldwide chip crunch, Valve pushed the discharge again by two months. It appears just like the final of the delays, although, as a result of Valve mentioned it would begin delivery consoles on Feb. 28.

Valve opened reservations for the Steam Deck final July. Steam customers had been given first precedence to say one of many moveable gaming techniques with a $5 reservation price. Valve can be sending out emails beginning at 10 a.m. PT on Feb. 25 to those that reserved a unit, in the identical order reservations had been positioned. Customers can lastly preorder (pay for) the Steam Deck model they reserved as soon as that electronic mail arrives, however solely have three days to take action, after which their reservation can be launched to the following individual ready in line.

The first gadgets will begin arriving on patrons’ doorsteps on Feb. 28, however relying on the place you reside, you could possibly be subjected to ongoing pandemic-related delivery delays. The Steam Deck can be initially obtainable within the U.S., Canada, the European Union, and the UK. If you positioned a reservation, it may be time to arrange a Feb. 25 calendar reminder to start out checking your electronic mail spam folder simply in case your preorder hyperlink will get flagged. You’ve waited this lengthy—why danger dropping your reservation?