A $949 Steam Deck OLED Sells Out After Price Shock

Valve hiked Steam Deck OLED prices to $789 and $949 — then both models sold out within hours.

Key takeaways

• A near-$1,000 Steam Deck OLED was supposed to test buyers’ patience. Instead, both models sold out again within hours.
• That is the contradiction at the center of Valve’s latest handheld move. Valve restocked the 512GB and 1TB Steam Deck OLED shortly before both versions disappe...
• Valve says the hardware did not change. The bill did.
• > “Steam Deck itself hasn’t changed; these new prices reflect the current state of component costs and other global logistical challenges across the industry as a whole.”

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