Valve’s Steam Deck is back after a few months, but you might not like it

A mobile version of Valve’s Steam Deck not available for purchase since mid-February, the victim of RAM and storage shortages that have been driving prices higher for many consumers since the fall of 2025. The good news is that the Deck is it’s back on Valve’s website they are ready to ship in three to five days; the bad news is that it seems to be back because someone wanted it on a the monkey’s foot.

The 512GB model of the OLED Steam Deck is now on sale for $789, $240 more than its previous price of $549. The 1TB model (which includes an anti-glare coating, a slightly better case, and a “only starter video and keyboard title”) now runs $949, ​​a $300 increase from its previous price of $649. The old $399 model with 256GB of storage and the old LCD screen has been discontinued, though this had been announced before these price increases.

These trees are very difficult to swallow a renewal about 3 years cha an PC more than 4 years old. If there’s a saving grace for Valve, it’s that the mobile devices that compete with Asus and Lenovo are also pushing or surpassing the $1,000 mark. Among Deck’s main competitors, Only $600 for the Asus ROG Xbox Ally (with its AMD Ryzen Z2 A processor, which is very similar to AMD’s Deck chip) is much cheaper than Steam Deck.