Valve has up to date the Steam Deck web site to say that the Steam Deck OLED could also be out of inventory “intermittently in some areas as a result of reminiscence and storage shortages.” The PC gaming handheld has been out of inventory within the US and different elements of the world for a couple of days, and because of this replace, we now know why.
The replace comes shortly after Valve delayed the Steam Machine, Steam Body, and Steam Controller from a deliberate delivery window of early 2026 due to the reminiscence and storage crunch. “We’ve work to do to land on concrete pricing and launch dates that we will confidently announce, being conscious of how shortly the circumstances round each of these issues can change,” Valve stated in a publish about that announcement from earlier this month.
Its objective is to launch that new {hardware} someday within the first half of 2026, and the corporate is working to finalize its plans “as quickly as attainable.”
Valve’s web site additionally notes that the corporate now not produces the 256GB LCD Steam Deck, a change that the corporate introduced late final 12 months.