Steam deck has basically always been out of stock in Japan online. The Komodo reseller has done a terrible job here, and I hope that when Valve releases the next gen of hardware (machine, frame, controller) they’ll have the foresight to work with someone better, or sell it themselves.

I’ve bought/ imported a ton of electronics hardware for both personal and work use, and Komodo is not good.

Yeah me too. Was worried it would be like those ryzen ai max or whatever with soldered on stuff.

There’s an Interesting history of American cars in Japan. Ford had an incredible failure here, and had to leave with egg on their face, which is incredible because the mandatory vehicle inspections every couple of years make it the easiest country on the planet for dealerships to make money.

They tax vehicles by engine displacement though, so all those massive engines would be super unpopular, and as I understand it, they also shipped left hand drive cars here, which is absolutely unpractical.

One wonders why they didn’t just ship UK market fords here, they have the steering wheel on the right side, and the smaller size would be more likely to appeal to drivers with more narrow streets.

It is common to see chargers and mustang on the road in Tokyo though, but they’re all grey market imports.