Valve have opened restore centres for the Steam Deck. These are the place you will ship your handheld PC if it develops an issue, both so Valve can repair it free-of-charge if it is nonetheless beneath guarantee, or to allow them to diagnose the issue and quote you a restore value if it is not. “In case your canine gnaws in your thumbstick and breaks it, this isn’t lined by guarantee,” say Valve.
The announcement put up goes into some element in regards to the conditions in which you’ll and can’t get your Steam Deck mounted at no cost.
If, for instance, one of many buttons stops working – which Valve say is “uncommon, however it typically occurs” – then you possibly can contact help, ship the Deck off to a restore centre, they usually’ll repair the problem and put up it again. No fuss. Then there’s the canine instance: you possibly can nonetheless ship in your Steam Deck they usually’ll nonetheless diagnose the problem, however they will then ship you a quote for the worth of the repair, ought to a repair be potential. You possibly can then both pay, or have your Steam Deck shipped again to you with out the restore.
The announcement would not give a way of what the worth of repairs could be, however both approach, I do know I might fairly pay Valve than attempt to do it myself. The put up does additionally hyperlink to restore kits and alternative components out there from iFixit, for many who are braver than I’m.
In fact, there may be one other piece of Steam Deck information, which is arguably extra thrilling and undoubtedly extra cute. Valve have created a “particular model of our Steam Pal mascot” to coincide with their launch in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong. As seen beneath:
Introducing a particular model of our Steam Pal mascot, created for our launch in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong! https://t.co/Do1D9QPqfr
— Steam Deck (@OnDeck) September 9, 2022
I hope they flip it into a giant felt swimsuit and we see it on the Mondo Mascots Twitter account sooner or later quickly.