Steam Deck OLED is facing stock disruptions in the US as a widening shortage of RAM and storage continues to impact the consumer gaming market. Valve has confirmed that memory and storage constraints have affected the availability of its Steam Deck OLED models. After halting production of the 256GB LCD version in December, all Steam Deck variants — 256GB LCD, 512GB OLED and 1TB OLED — are currently listed as out of stock on the official US store page.
“Steam Deck OLED may be out-of-stock intermittently in some regions due to memory and storage shortages,” Valve said in a note on the US Steam Deck store page (via @Wario64). The company has not shared a timeline for restocking. The 256GB LCD model, priced at $399, was discontinued in December and will not return once existing inventory is sold out. Meanwhile, the 512GB and 1TB OLED models, priced at $549 and $649 respectively, are also impacted by the ongoing chip and memory crisis.
The supply strain could also affect Valve’s upcoming hardware plans. Earlier this month, the company said memory and storage shortages may delay the launch of the Steam Machine. Originally expected in “early 2026,” the launch window has now been revised to the “first half of the year.” Valve had planned to reveal pricing and a firm launch date by now but said rising hardware costs forced it to “revisit” those details. The company has struggled to finalise pricing, previously stating the device would be priced like a PC with the “same level of performance.”
The broader gaming industry is feeling the pressure. RAM and SSD prices have surged as AI data centres consume large volumes of high-performance memory. GPU prices have also climbed amid tight supply. A report by a global news publication claimed Sony may delay the PS6 to 2028 or 2029, while Nintendo could increase the price of the Switch 2 in 2026. Sony and Microsoft had already raised prices of the PS5 and Xbox Series S/X last year. The PS6 and next-gen Xbox, initially expected in 2027, could now slip beyond 2028.
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