HANDHELD NEWS – The community is starting to get nervous. The Steam Deck OLED has effectively vanished from the world’s biggest market, even if Europe is still offering some relief. It looks like Steam Deck OLED stock is drying up across the US, Canada, and multiple parts of Asia, while Europe can still buy units. The Steam Deck OLED is beginning to disappear from stores in the US and Asia, and Valve’s silence is once again reviving speculation about pricing and the Steam Deck 2.

More than two years after the Steam Deck OLED launched, it remains a strong option in the portable PC gaming space. But the wider industry is being hit by component pressure, with RAM scarcity and AI-driven demand pushing costs upward. As a result, players are growing uneasy because the Steam Deck is starting to sell out in a growing number of markets.

Steam Deck – sold out in multiple regions worldwide

According to a report from Windows Central, a lot of users have noticed that the Steam Deck OLED is out of stock in the United States, Canada, and several regions across Asia. The shortage also appears to have reached Komodo, Valve’s official distributor for Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, where the device is now completely sold out as well. So far, Valve has not publicly addressed what’s happening or whether a restock is expected anytime soon.

It’s also worth remembering that Valve stopped producing the Steam Deck LCD last year, leaving the OLED model as the only version still being manufactured. Even so, Europe still has available units, and the UK has even seen the Steam Deck LCD pop up, which is surprising given that production reportedly ended months ago. In Spain, at least for now, the OLED model remains available in both the 512GB and 1TB configurations.

The Steam Deck OLED is disappearing from more stores in the US and Asia, and Valve’s continued silence is putting players on edge. For the moment, Steam Deck OLED appears to be realistically purchasable in Europe, not in the United States or Asia.

Refurbished Steam Deck LCD and Steam Deck OLED units are also completely out of stock. Every listing is sold out. The dock is unavailable in Spain, too. There’s no confirmed explanation, but the shortage could be linked to high RAM prices, which Valve previously pointed to when it delayed announcing pricing and launch timing for the Steam Machine and other devices. If Steam Deck OLED stock starts drying up across Europe in the coming weeks, it wouldn’t be surprising, so anyone looking to buy might want to move sooner rather than later. Meanwhile, Valve is still saying nothing about the Steam Deck 2, even though we already know why it’s taking so long.

Source: 3djuegos