Comment on [Help] Buying Steam Deck locally vs internationally
seaQueue@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Mostly just EU consumer protections and ease of warranty service. If you buy in the EU you should get the standard 2y consumer electronics warranty but only 1y in NA. Verifiy that you can actually get a deck in france, apparently availability is spotty. Typically warranties are handled where you bought the item too, so if you ever need to make a warranty claim you might have to send the deck to Canada if you buy it before you leave.
squaresinger@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Also, warranty is usually region-locked, even if the device is not.
Buying a steam deck in Canada usually gives you warranty in Canada. So of you then use the device in France and it breaks, then you have to first ship it to some friend in Canada, so they can do a warranty claim.