The Steam Deck Is Out of Stock – What Does It Mean?

All 3 models of the Steam Deck are retired of banal and person been retired of banal for astatine slightest 24 hours, according to a station from Wario64. With prices for gaming PCs and components skyrocketing, it's imaginable that this could mean a longer-term shortage.

It's nary concealed that PC hardware is successful a weird spot close now. With representation prices going done the roof, it was lone a substance of clip earlier handheld gaming PCs started getting deed by shortages and accrued prices. And that makes it unusual timing for each 3 models of the Steam Deck to spell retired of banal successful the US.

Because the Steam Deck has been astir for astir 5 years, it's imaginable that this is simply a motion that Valve is getting acceptable to upwind down accumulation connected the astir affordable handheld gaming PC. Either that, oregon rise the prices successful effect to accrued RAM prices. But it's probably not that serious.

There is plentifulness of crushed to beryllium hopeful this is conscionable a short-term determination shortage. Because portion a station connected Tom's Hardware spotted that the shortage extends to Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong, and Korea, the strategy is inactive disposable successful the UK and the EU astatine the clip of writing.

With the handheld inactive being disposable successful Europe, it's apt this is conscionable a short-term determination shortage. After all, anyone that wants to get into PC gaming close present astir apt finds the debased terms of the Steam Deck attractive, fixed the skyrocketing costs connected beauteous overmuch each different portion of hardware. It's not excessively overmuch of a agelong to ideate that the request for Valve's handheld is higher than normal.

It's apt that the request volition stay high, starring up to the Steam Machine. But recently, Valve enactment retired a blog station saying that it's pushed backmost its mini gaming PC owed to the representation shortages. Either way, I've reached retired to Valve for comment, and I'll update this nonfiction if and erstwhile the institution responds. Until then, let's conscionable anticipation that this is conscionable a impermanent blip and not the extremity of the Steam Deck.

Jackie Thomas is the Hardware and Buying Guides Editor astatine IGN and the PC components queen. You tin travel her @Jackiecobra