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[Topher]

Steam Deck™

Steam Deck™ is the most powerful, full-featured gaming handheld in the world.

store.steampowered.com

 

[IlGialloMondadori]

Weird.

 

[Sooner]

If you look up the actual sales numbers, they're next to nothing. Makes you wonder if it's artificial scarcity.

 

[DaleinCalgary]

New one coming.

 

[Zathalus]

If you look up the actual sales numbers, they're next to nothing. Makes you wonder if it's artificial scarcity.

Sales numbers are not the problem, more likely is that they are changing suppliers to minimise the impact of tariffs.

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

Tariff issues probably. Plenty of stock in Europe.

 

[StereoVsn]

Steam Deck™

Steam Deck™ is the most powerful, full-featured gaming handheld in the world.

store.steampowered.com

It's only for the 1TB model. 512GB is still available and it's probably a better buy anyways.

Edit: I can't read. Saw an article a few days ago about 1TB model but it looks like 512GB is in the same boat now. Weird.

 

[Arsic]

Gaben giveth and Gaben taketh.

 

[Topher]

It's only for the 1TB model. 512GB is still available and it's probably a better buy anyways.

Edit: I can't read. Saw an article a few days ago about 1TB model but it looks like 512GB is in the same boat now. Weird.

Where are you seeing that? I see both out of stock.

 

[StereoVsn]

Where are you seeing that? I see both out of stock.

Yep, there was another article about same topic but only mentioning 1TB…. And I don't read the note in the image in the OP properly.

 

[Come On Tars]

If it's because they are gearing up for a new one I'd rather they wait for an even better apu honestly. The current offerings are just not a big enough jump to get excited about

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

New one coming.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Half Life 3 didn't show up at any of the shows recently. Game new was a bust so now my hopes are on new hardware. Maybe the new Deckard thingamajig.

 

[Bitstream]

They probably halted production and imports to North America once it was clear there would be a tariff issue.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

They decided to make Steam Deck unavailable during the first few months of Switch 2

I guess they decided that giving up is the best solution

 

[LavitzSlambert]

Bullwhip in full effect. We will likely see more supply chain disruption throughout the remainder of the year. It's going to get worse before it gets better.

 

[Deerock71]

The tariffs seem like the most likely reason.

 

[Radical_3d]

 

[Guardian Monkey]

Is Deckard still on track to launch this year?

 

[Kacho]

Switch 2 got Gaben shook

 

[BlueManifest]

If it's because they are gearing up for a new one I'd rather they wait for an even better apu honestly. The current offerings are just not a big enough jump to get excited about

Mobile seemed to be accelerating so fast 5 years ago but now in the last 2 years it seems like progress has stopped completely

I thought handhelds would atleast be half the power of ps5 by now

 

[BlueManifest]

Is Deckard still on track to launch this year?

All rumors were saying 2025 a month ago but now rumors are mixed on 2026 and 2025

 

[yet_another_alt]

Mobile seemed to be accelerating so fast 5 years ago but now in the last 2 years it seems like progress has stopped completely

I dunno, it's pretty impressive to me that mobile phones are now emulating newish PC games through Winlator and GameHub. There are videos floating around of phones running GTA 5.



EDIT: This one's neat too.

 

[Jesb]

They need to release an updated deck.

 

[Magic Carpet]

They need to release an updated deck.

Why? Have people stopped buying games on Steam?

 

[MatrixReloaded101]

They need to release an updated deck.

They said they will when better tech is out. We will probably see a new one in 2027.

 

[ArtHands]

They need to release an updated deck.

They are not in a rush. They have always said this is to help kickstart the handheld PC segment which by proxy, help drives the PC market alongside laptop, mini PC, desktop PC and others.

Which it did with new handheld PC being introduced every 2 months now while Steam continues to grow with 3rd party publishers like Ubisoft, Sony, Koei Tecmo, Capcom etc releasing games on it.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

If it's because they are gearing up for a new one I'd rather they wait for an even better apu honestly. The current offerings are just not a big enough jump to get excited about

Given the resolution of handheld screens the jump is decent enough - top line ones can run AAA on medium at 45-50FPS, good for me.

 

[nikos]

I've been considering selling mine since it just sits in its case. Maybe it's a good time to do so.

 

[PhillMeCream]

I've been considering selling mine since it just sits in its case. Maybe it's a good time to do so.

I sold mine a while ago. I want something more beefier and with a better display.

 

[ArtHands]

I've been considering selling mine since it just sits in its case. Maybe it's a good time to do so.

Please do it. Help alleviate Valve's supply issue a little.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

I've been considering selling mine since it just sits in its case. Maybe it's a good time to do so.

Stick Emulationstation on it, play PS2 Silent hill 1-4, rejoice

Never look back

 

[Dr.D00p]

Still plenty available for us Eurotrash.

For $1500 I'll buy you one and ship it over

 

[El Muerto]

There's a DIY oled upgrade for the LCD Steam Deck. Ships this month.

DeckSight

A drop-in low power OLED display upgrade for LCD model Steam Decks

www.crowdsupply.com

 

[IlGialloMondadori]

They need to release an updated deck.

Eh, not really. It won't do aaa well for the most part, but honestly, I don't care. I'd prefer they wait for a genuinely big tech boost.

 

[Horseganador]

They are going to launch Steam Deck 2 the same day that the Asus Rog xbox ally comes out.

 

[Topher]

I've been considering selling mine since it just sits in its case. Maybe it's a good time to do so.

Probably the best time right now when prices in the used market are probably higher than normal.

 

[BlueManifest]

They are going to launch Steam Deck 2 the same day that the Asus Rog xbox ally comes out.

Steam deck 2 is likely 2027 as 2025/2026 is deckard

 

[Connificent]

X gon give it to ya

 

[Gameplay Gods Bless]

Steam Deck™

Steam Deck™ is the most powerful, full-featured gaming handheld in the world.

store.steampowered.com

Uh isn't it already summer 2025 in the US?

 

[Topher]

Uh isn't it already summer 2025 in the US?

Summer begins in a week in the US. The message from Valve is saying stock should be replenished sometime in the summer.

 

[Zacfoldor]

Boon for the Switch 2, no?

 

[TheKratos]

I honestly only used mine for retro gaming, kinda regret buying it.

 

[Codes 208]

They are going to launch Steam Deck 2 the same day that the Asus Rog xbox ally comes out.

"We didnt exactly win against the switch oled, but we can definitely win against xbox"

Which is actually probably accurate

 

[Dodo123]

Or it's just a strategy straight from Sony's book... Create artificial shortages to increase the demand.

 

[Mibu no ookami]

If you look up the actual sales numbers, they're next to nothing. Makes you wonder if it's artificial scarcity.

The steam deck is currently ranked 6th in global steam revenue. The cheapest steam deck is 400 dollars.

If we assume the steam deck is generating 100 million in revenue per month which would be the equivalent of a 50 dollar game selling 2 million copies a month (we know for example Dune awakening is at around 700K units sold since it launched).

Assuming every SKU is the cheapest one, which we know it isn't 100 million divided by 400 is 250K units.

The most expensive steam deck is 650. The fewest units would be at about 150K units.

Think it's safe to assume it's around or under 100 million in revenue per month. Lest we believe Eldenring Night reign is doing 2.5 million units per month. We know it's done 3.5 million total across platforms in 2 weeks. We could maybe extrapolate that to 5 million (6 if we were being generous) over the month, and assume at most the 2.5 would represent half the total sales going to PC.

Summer begins in a week in the US. The message from Valve is saying stock should be replenished sometime in the summer.

It said the by the end of summer

 

[Topher]

It said the by the end of summer

The heading of the message says the estimated return to stock is "Summer 2025", but yes it also says "end of summer" which I interpreted as to mean sometime in the summer.

 

[JohnnyFootball]

Good. Valve needs to put out a new Steam Deck with the new Z2 Extreme. Nobody should be buying an SteamDeck when better options from Legion and Asus are available when you install Bazzite/SteamOS

Keep the screen at 720p, but bump it up 8" add VRR and add a refresh rate of 144 and 120. This will make it easy to lock games to 30, 40, 48, 60, 72 fps.

 

[JohnnyFootball]

They said they will when better tech is out. We will probably see a new one in 2027.

The Z2 Extreme is drastically better than what comes with the current Steam Deck.

 

[Hookshot]

Xbox Steam deck for $100 more incoming.