I do. I live in Japan, which did not get the Steam Deck officially until almost a year later, and even when availability in Japan was announced, it wasn’t clear when we’d be able to actually order, let alone receive, a Deck. So I ordered one through a friend in Germany (I’m a German expat living in Japan) first, but also put a pre-order in for a Japanese one as soon as I could.
The German Deck came through first, and I considered cancelling the Japanese order at that point but ended up keeping both. My thinking was that if I ever have any issues with a foreign bought Deck, that will be a pain to resolve (as I don’t assume the Japanese distributor would be willing to support a Deck bought abroad - at least that’s not how tech support here usually works for most companies).
Right now, the second Deck is really just a fallback in case my original Deck ever breaks down. I charge it occasionally and sometimes I play on it, but mostly I use the original Deck because some data (mods, non-cloud saves) are local and I don’t want to bother keeping them synced manually. I appreciate the peace of mind of having redundancy, as the Deck is for all intents and purposes my only gaming device and gaming is my main hobby. If I ever upgrade to an OLED or a future Steam Deck 2, I’d very likely still keep one of them as a backup. I have a friend who has been tempted by the Deck though, and if she ever expressed concrete interest in buying one, I might sell her my mostly unused Deck for a bargain if she wants.
I do. I live in Japan, which did not get the Steam Deck officially until almost a year later, and even when availability in Japan was announced, it wasn’t clear when we’d be able to actually order, let alone receive, a Deck. So I ordered one through a friend in Germany (I’m a German expat living in Japan) first, but also put a pre-order in for a Japanese one as soon as I could.
The German Deck came through first, and I considered cancelling the Japanese order at that point but ended up keeping both. My thinking was that if I ever have any issues with a foreign bought Deck, that will be a pain to resolve (as I don’t assume the Japanese distributor would be willing to support a Deck bought abroad - at least that’s not how tech support here usually works for most companies).
Right now, the second Deck is really just a fallback in case my original Deck ever breaks down. I charge it occasionally and sometimes I play on it, but mostly I use the original Deck because some data (mods, non-cloud saves) are local and I don’t want to bother keeping them synced manually. I appreciate the peace of mind of having redundancy, as the Deck is for all intents and purposes my only gaming device and gaming is my main hobby. If I ever upgrade to an OLED or a future Steam Deck 2, I’d very likely still keep one of them as a backup. I have a friend who has been tempted by the Deck though, and if she ever expressed concrete interest in buying one, I might sell her my mostly unused Deck for a bargain if she wants.