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[Help] Buying Steam Deck locally vs internationally (startrek.website)

submitted 1 week ago by xkbx@startrek.website to c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz

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I was wondering, is there any reason why I should buy the Steam Deck abroad in France instead of in my home of Canada?

So I (Canadian) am surprising my friend (from France) with a Steam Deck in October when I go visit them. It will just be the cheaper LCD version, since they won’t care about (or notice) the difference in quality.

Aside from buying adapters for the plug, I literally can’t think of a reason why I should buy it directly in Europe as opposed to getting it in Canada. It would be a lot easier since I can have it delivered to my address, don’t need a specific day and time for it to be delivered, don’t have to deal with any issues of ordering things in a foreign country (sometimes you need to have a local address to order and have things delivered, etc)

That said, I wanted to still check and see if there’s something I’m forgetting or just outright unaware of. I know there’s specific power requirements for the Steam Deck, but mine worked just fine with an adapter when I was last there in January.

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[–] nyctre@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's less about the output and more about the fact that having to carry an adapter makes the whole setup larger, heavier and uglier.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world -3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Adapter? What are you talking about? Any usb c charger works gor steamdeck and they are super cheap rn.

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

So you're saying buy the US one, throw the charger that comes with it in the trash, then buy another?

Wasteful.

I didn't have a USB PD charger that went above 15W until the one that came with my Deck. I use it as a slightly slightly faster phone charger, too.

And no, the vast majority of new ones do not go above 20W, either. It just checked. Sure they all work, but your claim that "any" charger hits 60W is complete nonsense.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world -1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Eh I'm not petty pinching e-waste on a charger

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm having trouple parsing this comment into a sentence that makes sense. You don't penny pinch e-waste? What?

Either way, a lot of people won't think about this in terms of mere monetary value. Every bit of plastic counts.

And that's before considering that not everyone can afford to make trivial purchases. And even if you can afford it, I can't imagine making purchases without thinking about it beyond whether I have the money. That some people don't think past that, contributes to tons of problems.

I could easily afford a more convenient and smaller GaN charger to replace the one I got with my Deck, but it wouldn't really bring me any new value. Every cent I'd spend on that purchase would be more efficient when used for something else.

If not for my needs, then someone elses.

People care. And they should. You bother me, because behind your comments, is the suggesting that we shouldn't. To you, one less piece of waste is "not worth it". That's wrong.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world -1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Nah man thats a waste of time. There are much better way you can reduce e-waste and buy 1 more charging brick.

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 days ago

That's false mutual exclusivity. What other thing could you not also do, without buying an extra one?