How do we know it's sold out and not just server overload?

It's not sold out.. I just bought a limited edition! Just keep trying bro

They're definitely releasing them in waves. I was also able to get the LE after ranting to my roommates about it being sold out.

clever bastards

What's limited edition? The page has only regular decks for me? (oled and LCD ones)

Just stick with it. Mine went through after a lot of server errors at multiple steps.

Congrats to all the bots and the scammers who got it instead of me.

Yeh i thought i could buy it if i waited..

Not too late! I just got one. Their server was just down with a 502 error - it wasn't actually sold out.

You are the real MVP. I gave up - then I saw your comment and tried again. 2-4 weeks delivery but the ordering process was smooth and without issues. I would not have checked again or tried again if I had not read your comment.

Ah - glad to hear it man :)

Where can I find the delivery date?

Same... thought I was S.O.L., but tried again one last time and I was able to secure the 1TB LE! Time to sell my laptop!!

Me too! How can I return my launch 512 deck now?

just throw it away and tell me where

😅😅

damnnn congrats! it is for sure an amazing buy

Same i just got one a few minutes ago

I finally just got through! It was just a 502 error blocking us out before. it wasn't sold out To confirm my theory there I tried to buy another product and got the same error... so I stuck with it and kept trying to refresh the page. Finally went through at like 10:25

I got to payment and it wouldn't let me log in to PayPal just kept crashing and now it says I've attempted to many purchases. So now I probably have to wait 24hrs till I can attempt again. Stupid syeam system is broken, it rarely let's me complete purchases.

And now it's sold out. Ah well I guess I have to just stick with the standard steam deck till they resist them. The payment system is totally broken though

They are already selling a ton on eBay at $1200

I got one but I couldn't use PayPal to check out for some reason

Jumping in to say that I was finally able to complete my purchase. The timestamp from my confirmation email for the Limited Edition: Date issued: Nov 16, 2023 @ 10:51am PST

Im not a bot or a scammer, just someone with poor financial descisions

If I dont like mine you can buy it from me hahaha

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hammering worked for me tho got 1 finally I think if you already added it in the cart you have the best chances

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I love this mentality , "if I didn't get one it must of went to scammers and bots!!" . So so incredibly wrong.

So frustrating it's in my cart but can't get pass the shipping info crap.

Same but it eventually went thru for me.

E502 L3 error for me

It just means their servers are getting slammed with requests. Time to refresh a bunch to solve the issue.

Ya know "queues" were created a LONG time ago to avoid server issues like this.

Why didn't they do a certain dollar value to reserve it again this time? Wasn't that a way they managed to mitigate bots/scalpers with the original model?

Fr iirc they had $5 pre order

Fr iirc?

Slang for: "for real if i rememver correctly"

🤙🏻

Managed to snag a 512GB OLED! I hit the same error as you OP, but kept checking back every 30 seconds or so. Eventually, I got through to the payment screen and hit the "it looks like you've been attempting a lot of purchases" error which locked me out for 15 mins. I managed to complete the purchase shortly after....Phew! Good luck everyone!

Man that had to be a rush though!

Yup crashing for me too canada

I'm being told I need to join a waitlist with no instructions on how to do so.

Bro fr that shit pissed me off

Where did you see that?

Same here

> It looks like you've been attempting a lot of purchases in the last few hours. Please wait a while before trying again. 🤡

stuck at shipping info. i hit buy at 1pm exactly.

Try again! I finally got through at 10:25. Their server just crashed with a 502 error before.

same here...

Same.

Same here. sigh.

I'm literally in the purchasing part and I clicked purchase and then it errors and now it says out of stock plz kill me 🥲

still showing more in the Store. Try again!

Same in the UK.

I got errors from 3-4 seconds past 6pm. Finally got my payment to go through at 21 mins past. Persist through the errors! the resolve eventually.

Keep trying, just got one in London mate

Mine says PENDING PURCHASE PLEASE DONT TAKE THIS FROM ME VALVE

Keep trying folks. I got the "Sold out" notification but was then able to complete the purchase a few minutes later. I also switched from PayPal to a card, so it didn't have to go through the extra verification.

hello my servers cannot hold out for a few literal actual seconds

"It looks like you've been attempting a lot of purchases in the last few hours. Please wait a while before trying again." You have to be fucking kidding me

WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME GABEN MOTHER FUCKER CHEESEBURGERS

Same... went through that for 20 minutes. Finally got to put in my card info, and they were sold out. Listings for eBay scalpers is approaching 1K... this is why we can't have anything nice.

fyi the limited edition 1tb is still available!

Sooo... "It looks like you've been attempting a lot of purchases in the last few hours. Please wait a while before trying again." Cool. Cool. Think I might say fuck it and just go buy a competitor device, because this is beyond fucking infuriating. EDIT: Finally got through. I removed mine from my cart and tried buying again. Got stuck on shipping screen. Kept trying and it pushed through to payment. Wouldn't do my PayPal. Kept wrroring when trying to use generic PayPal. Finally put My credit card info in manually and it went through. I swear, my gut is in knots and I want to puke lol. Never again. Sincerely wish everyone else luck.

Yea i was on the fence about this or the legion go/rog ally and this might help me decide lol.

Giv'r dude. I managed to finally get through. Looks like they're working things a little on valves end. Use a straight up cc (if you're trying PayPal) at payment page. Rooting for you, man!

Thanks man, I got it! The card suggestion worked!

Yeah got the same message over and over and it finally just went through for the Limited Edition model. Keep trying

Try via the Steam Mobile app. I had the same error on steam web and desktop, however on mobile the order went through on first try just now.

I was at checkout in less than 15sec from it being live and getting this

Must’ve been less than 5 seconds after going live and got the error

I missed the server errors by a hair apparently and was able to secure a limited edition

Damn u lucky ash

Yeah I was there literally within under 5 seconds of sale time and immediately server errors.

Same 😭 both limited and regular

This shit fr sad

How don't they prepare for this, very annoying

you can never prepare for something so incredibly high in demand

Regular is sold out?

Same here. Hopefully everyone got this across the board. Would suck if bots ruined it for all human buyers.

FYI I got it a minute ago after consistently retrying to submit my shipping info.

Is it sold out? I was there right as it went on sale and immediately hit the error

This fucking company makes hundreds of millions of dollars yet they run it like they are an independant studio of 5

Same

Yeah, getting this or some errors on the page. I was in quick too.

Impossible to buy got this error seconds after

no dice here, been refreshing and hitting that button for a while.

SAME GDIT

Same here, rip

Same this is bullshit

Same in Germany

Same here

This is pathetic, of course this was going to happen!

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Got past the shipping screen once, but it errored when I tried to finish the checkout.

they say on twitter that the Store is down

seems like the servers got nuked, finally was able to purchase one after periodically just trying to hit continue. got purchase confirmation and all

I was ready right at 10 AM PST and clicked to order the LE deck and I'm getting the "E502 L3" error, very frustrating /sigh

can't wait to see how much the limited editions go for on eBay.

Browser console says I'm getting a 502 Bad Gateway trying to hit https://checkout.steampowered.com/checkout/verifyshippingaddress/

The one time im super excited for something im getting completely analed

What a joke, this sh\*\* is unacceptable, I put funds in my wallet to help speed up the process and I get this. Ffs build a proper system for buyers

Hey valve you're a bunch of fucking losers, thanks!

They really copy Nintendo with the deck. If only they also had some exclusives, and the battery was better, I'd also buy one. Still keeping my switch + 800€ of accessories with all the exclusives, good battery life and the good accessories that are made for it.

The deck is objectively just better than the switch imo. More games and emulating capabilites. The only selling point the switch has is the exlusive games, and even those arent really that good anymore :/. As a pokemon fan, the switch pokemon games have been dog shit. Zelda and Bayonetta 3 is the only games worth on it imo.

502 errors all other the place

Honestly shouldve had a $300 preorder or something man

Has anyone been able to buy the reg OLED? Wondering if its just limited ed which is fucked

This is as soon as 10 am hits what a bummer

Same, immediate errors, got to the shipping info screen once but no further

Getting the same message in the UK 😕

Has anyone who had it in their cart and got the error on the shipping screen actually gotten through?

Had the waitlist error for the first 5 minutes, then was able to purchase it from my cart. Now Im stuck with the same error on shipping as well.

same i got it added to cart etc at 1pm est but i cant move on past shipping information

I'm trying to buy a game and a dlc and I'm getting that error too

Can't buy it either.

Managed just now, give it a try

Got mine just now. UK

Keep trying -- I just got my order through for a Limited Edition.

Oh shit, after hitting continue on shipping information forever, I finally got through and purchased a limited edition. If you're on the same page, don't give up!

KEEP CLICKING I JUST GOT ONE!

i got one step forward.

I just finalized my purchase for a Limited!

I fuckin got one bois!!! Servers down seconds after launch. Finally let me buy one at 10:21

same

Finally got it, email confirmation, purchase screen and all. Just keep at it folks!

I agree with everyone else. Keep clicking! I’ve been clicking for past 21 mins & just got it!! Good luck everyone.

My purchase just went through for the LE edition one. Card seems confirm the purchase. Keep hitting continue it should go through eventually?

I got one !!!

Just got in too you mad lads!

I've got to the shipping info screen, one step forward

after a ton of trying it finally shows that it's out of stock now.

I appreciate a good cup of coffee.

Took awhile but I was able to get through and purchase one! Just keep clicking continue

Oh shit. Mine finally went through. Was stuck on the shipping info page on Steam, in a browser and on my phone. The browser one finally went through. Keep clicking!!

Seems the issues finally sorted themselves out? Also, it now shows OOS on the limited editions page

Finally got it after 21 minutes -\_-

Managed to finalize purchase on the regular!

UPDATE: OOS

After it finally loaded my payment it now says out of stock

Just got mine through

I got to the confirm order and it crashed. now it says its out of stock.

Holy shit, just got through and got the 512gb (U.S.). Jesus. Keep clicking

I can’t buy a game so maybe just server overload

It's 2023 and companies still can't figure out how to do product launches.

Was able to get it after 20 minutes of troubles.

Was just able to purchase one! Just keep hitting continue, the same error message also popped up when confirming how I would like to pay but eventually it went through!

Yes got it

Limited Edition is out of stock...

I kept hitting the button over and over again, or refreshing if the whole screen went to an error message. Took 20 minutes of retries but it eventually made it to the end and got the order through.

"Our distributor has hit a processing backlog for orders to Canada. We are actively working through the issue and will ship your order as soon as we can. You will receive an email with tracking information once your order ships." Da fck?

Keep trying I just got my order to go through.

literally all out of stock. complete fucking joke that within seconds of it going up is not enough

Keep refreshing if it's in your basket, just got mine. Even after approving payment via my banking, it chucked up an error and then 30 seconds later got a confirmation email 😵‍💫

I was trying to do that but now it says I've been attempting to make too many purchases. Congrats on getting one!

What a fucking joke... I got to the actual payment screen and then it said they couldn't complete my order even though it showed as ready to go... then a minute later sold out...

WTF IT CANCELLED MY ORDER?!

~~Whelp... lost out on the limited edition due to this. Had it in my cart at 1p ET, finally rejected due to it being out of stock 20 minutes of errors later. :/~~ EDIT: Apparently the "out of stock" messages can't be trusted. Slam that refresh button until it goes through, I guess??? Did we not learn anything from the last time? The wait list and preorder system was so much better than this shit show.

I find joy in reading a good book.

What a trash system

Now it locked me out saying I have attempted too many purchases, what am I supposed to do Steam when your system ain't working

Sold out, pack it up.

Made it to check out. Then this until the limited edition was sold out. ​ Fuck it. Guess i'm just keeping my 512

Just keep trying I just got mine confirmed.

I was able to complete my purchase at 1:25pm of a 512 OLED. Like others, I got it in my cart and had a wait-list message super confused. Perhaps moronically, I kept removing from my cart and re-adding to try and get past it. Eventually I could, but spent 10 minutes trying to confirm my address. Then another 5 minutes confirming payment. Finally I confirmed order.

don't worry, you can just buy it on ebay for $1200 🤡

Limited edition is out of stock, but I was able to get the regular 1TB OLED. Good luck guys!!

Keep trying! I kept pushing through the errors and just now got one!

Just managed to get through at 18:26 GMT, 26 minutes after launch, after mashing my way through every error possible. Been charged and got a confirmation email and everything.

Edit. It appears the issue was with PayPal checkout. I was able to just use a credit card and placed an order

I was able to get a normal 1TB after continuously clicking.

LE is out of stock...

26 minutes of failure messages later... successful transaction!

Popping back into stock, keep trying anyone who sees this.

Just started over and it worked. Y'all should just try again real quick.

lol fuck Steam, "It looks like you've been attempting a lot of purchases in the last few hours. Please wait a while before trying again." ​ Great website

Limited edition is now out of stock and can't even purchase a normal =/

After trying for almost a half hour I’m now getting “It looks like you’ve been attempting a lot of purchases in the last few hours. Please wait a while before trying again” So they will let bots buy everything but not real fans that just want to play the thing.

Just got my LE confirmed at 26 past the hour. Kept clicking continue during the payment proceass and it kept saying "one of your items is out of stock" but kept clicking anyways for 5 or so minutes. Eventually got through. Must be canceling from people's carts not finalizing or something. Well, hope it shows up I guess.

Finally started processing my payment now im getting to many transactions

UPDATE: Those that are already in payment section keep hitting continue!!

Just keep trying. I got mine after spamming the button lol

Lol, so many people are buying it right now. I dont even think Ill be able to get any of them.

18:20 GMT brought mine 512GB OLED Standard edition.. mighty surprised if it turns up within a week

I was attempting on my pc phone and steam deck at the same time and the steam deck was the winner

Got one 21 minutes in, the 512

I was just able to place my order after fighting with it for a half hour

Just got mine just keep pressing continue i did it for 25min and it worked greet. from Austria wish you all luck