All Steam Deck models sold out in the US amid memory crisis concerns

All three versions of the Steam Deck are currently listed as "Out of stock" on the official US Steam store: the entry-level 256 GB Steam Deck LCD, the 512 GB Steam Deck OLED and the 1 TB Steam Deck OLED. Observers offer several explanations. Some point to panic buying as shoppers rush to buy ahead of potential price rises driven by the ongoing AI-driven memory crisis.

Others suggest Valve has run out of RAM or storage—either because components can’t be sourced, the company is unwilling to pay higher prices, or the supply is needed for other devices. Tariffs are another possibility: shipments might have been paused in response to one of the more extreme tariff announcements, or the sell-out could simply be a temporary blip in certain territories.

There’s no official word from Valve on availability or pricing. Whether a price adjustment will be applied to the two OLED models if and when they return is unclear, though recent increases in memory and storage costs and the impact of tariffs make that plausible.

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