Well, this shouldn't be surprising. Global shortages are wrecking havoc on everything and electronics in particular. Steam just sent word that the official launch for the much anticipated Steam Deck will be delayed two months to February 2022.
While disappointing, it's understandable. Your place in the reservation queue stays the same, just pushed back a few months for everyone.
We won't have the Steam Deck for Christmas time and let's be honest, there probably wasn't many of us that were going to get that in that timeframe in the first place. But, with some luck, we'll have it in our hands early next year. Until then, we can enjoy the videos that Valve puts out about the Steam Deck and hope everything goes well with the production of it.