Steam Deck sells out in North America within 24 hours of going up

Well, that was fast. Within 24 hours after Valve announced the availability of the new Steam Deck OLED (in excess of MSRP), the handle is also listed as “discontinued” in the US and Canada. Checks of other Steam stores on Thursday morning showed that the devices are still available in Europe and Australia for now, as well as in Asian countries through Valve’s partner Komodo.

Although it is difficult to determine from the outside how many units of the Steam Deck were sold at such a high price, the sales were enough to re-invigorate the equipment. at the top of Steam’s Top Sellers list. That list is based on the total amount received in the last 24 hourshowever, so the $789 Steam Deck would have easily sold many fewer copies than the top software on the current list, $70. 007 The Greatest Light.

Valve’s Steam Deck store page says that the handheld “may be missing from time to time in some areas due to memory and space constraints.” But that warning first appeared on the store’s website in Februaryand stock tracking websites point out that there have been limited availability windows for Steam Deck purchases between then and now.

This means that today’s “slow” decline will be over for a while, especially since Valve is now integrating planning a planned installation of the Steam Machine in his own large hardware imports from China.

For those who can’t wait for SteamOS-powered consoles, the new and existing Steam Deck units (both OLED and non-OLED) are available. selling around or below Valve’s prices on eBay. Lenovo’s SteamOS-powered Legion Go S and are still available in large numberstoo, though prices have risen recently since its launch last year. Modders also recently had a chance install SteamOS on Windows-powered ROG Xbox Allywhich is still surprisingly available at its introductory price of $600 for the regular version and $1,000 for the ROG Ally X upgrade.