Valve gets an early start on Steam Deck bookings in Q4 as it again exceeds production estimates

For those of you still waiting to get your hands on one of Valve’s Steam Deck laptops, there’s some good news.

Valve announced that it had “beaten [its] again its own estimates” thanks to “increased production”.

The Steam Deck launch trailer.

As a result, he has now sent all of his emails to those in the third quarter bookings group and is now getting a head start on those in the fourth quarter.

“We’ve updated the store page to reflect this, with an updated bucket description: September-December,” Valve wrote in its post.

This news follows Valve assuring its community that these Q4 emails “[were not] a mistake” earlier in the year.

In the meantime, if you’re still unsure if the Steam Deck is right for you, you can read Digital Foundry’s review here.

Or, for those of you who already have one, why not check out our guide to getting the most out of your Steam Deck when docked.