Valve announced an upcoming Steam Deck giveaway on Twitter last night. The company is giving away one 512 GB Steam deck (more expensive model) for each one. minutes of game awards (opens in new tab) broadcast on December 8It’s also an event to celebrate “Steam Decks in stock” (wow, no other hardware makers cut corners).
All you have to do is register. Or so we thought. After all, there are some problems. In fact, even people who seem to meet all the requirements are running into problems with registration.
First of all, here’s how it works: Sign in and register by clicking the big blue register button on Steam. deck drop page (opens in new tab)Then when you watch The Game Awards you should also watch Steam.tv (opens in new tab). It’s easy?After registration is complete, email or Steam mobile app (opens in new tab)Or you can add it to your nifty calendar.
To celebrate @thegameawards and the arrival of Steam decks, we’re giving away one Steam deck of 512 GB per minute on air on December 8th! Learn more and sign up for the giveaway here: https://t.co / yX0V4D8FGO (everyone) Get a Steam Pal sticker) pic.twitter.com/sszM49VHQwNovember 30, 2022
However, the main hurdle is for those who do not live in the US, Canada, UK, or the EU, as they cannot register. Apparently we’re here at this exclusive Steam Deck club, probably because shipping to other locations isn’t practical.
No, a VPN won’t help here.
To verify that you live in one of the above locations, you must have purchased something on Steam between 11/14/2021 and 11/14/2022. It’s sad for those who have spent the past year refusing to buy games to save money.
Also, the account must be in “good standing” (i.e. don’t have an account). Account ban (opens in new tab)) and limited account (opens in new tab)Fair enough, but that’s not the end of the story.
What’s really strange is that twitter thread (opens in new tab) It’s full of people who live in these zones and believe they meet all other requirements but still can’t register.Some people managed to get through after refreshing the page, but there were so many complaints that Valve decided to official statement (opens in new tab) Regarding registration issues after making some fixes, comments indicate that many people still can’t register.
“For those who were eligible but were having trouble registering, we just fixed a few things and they should be fine,” Valve said.
Hopefully, you’ll get a little Happy Steam Pal sticker to commemorate the event, so it’s a nice consolation prize if you don’t win anything.
