Less than a week later Valve admits that the current shortage (and increasing price) of RAM affected its hardware plans, the Steam Deck was completely sold out. The Steam Deck has gone in and out of stock before, but As My city notesthe timing raises the question of whether Valve’s RAM issues could also affect its Linux handheld.

The 256GB Steam Deck LCD, and the 512GB and 1TB Steam Deck OLED models, are completely sold out on Steam. Valve announced that it discontinuing the LCD versions of his handheld and selling through its remaining inventory by December 2025, so the fact that the 256GB Steam Deck model is currently sold out is no surprise. That both OLED versions are also not available at the same time, however, is somewhat unusual.

Engadget has contacted Valve for more information about Steam Deck availability. We’ll update this article when we hear back.

When Valve announced the Steam Machine, Steam Controller and Steam Framethe company largely left pricing and availability off the table, perhaps because tariffs and RAM access left details in flux. The company announcement last week that the lack of memory and storage has pushed its plans and is likely to affect prices more or less confirming that. At no point did Valve mention that the Steam Deck would be similarly affected, but perhaps it should be.

The rising cost of RAM has forced other PC makers to adjust the price of their computers. Framework announced in January it raised the price of its Framework Desktop to $460. Some analysts think that the lack of memory driven by the AI ​​industry could lead to higher prices and even an economic downturn in the wider PC industry. In fact, the Steam Deck being out of stock is more of a temporary issue than a sign that Valve is doing something serious. If things continue as they are, however, Steam Deck changes are unlikely to be off the table.