Valve’s Steam Deck OLED Out of Stock Because RAM Is Having an Identity Crisis
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- •Valve updated the Steam Deck site to say the OLED model is out of stock intermittently due to memory and storage shortages.
- •The shortage affects regions including the US and has lasted for several days, frustrating many gamers waiting for restock.
- •Valve delayed shipments for the Steam Machine, Frame, and Controller from early 2026, citing the same supply issues.
Valve, the company known for rescuing us from real life into pixelated worlds, updated its Steam Deck website with the kind of news no gamer dreams of: the OLED version is 'intermittently out of stock' courtesy of a memory and storage shortage. This blackout isn’t localized to some basement; it stretches across the US and other global spots, turning eager buyers into nervous window shoppers. After recently delaying the Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller shipments from early 2026 due to the same silicon scarcity, Valve admits they’re still tangled in deciding prices and launch dates. Whoever knew tiny computer parts could moonlight as international roadblocks?
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Congrats to Valve for turning a memory shortage into a steam-powered test of patience for gamers worldwide. Who knew RAM could ghost buy buttons too?
Valve’s Steam Deck sales strategy: confuse customers with intermittent availability then blame tiny microchips for cluttering global supply chains.
RAM and storage shortages delaying Steam gadgets worldwide prove that even futuristic gamers can’t escape 2020s-level supply drama.
Source: Theverge | Published: 2/17/2026 | Author: Jay Peters
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