Gaming Steam Deck LCD discontinued

[MeowthBlep]

After 3 years on the market, Valve has finally discontinued the Steam Deck LCD model. There has not been an official statement as to why, although there are some guesses; one is the recent RAM shortage, another is that a new, more affordable OLED model will release. What do you think?

Source: XDA

 

[The Real Jdbye]

In the current market I can't see a more affordable model getting released, it seems likely they're working on a Steam Deck 2 but that might still be a few years away from release, and it will almost certainly cost more, but still be reasonably priced compared to competitors which tend to be around 800 bucks.

What is likely is that the base model just costs too much to make. It was not profitable when it first released and with the changing market it's now costing Valve money for each unit sold and it just doesn't make any sense to keep making them, if they raised the price on already aging specs it would not be attractive to customers.

 

[MeowthBlep]

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Interesting take.
Also by another affordable model I meant like
An OLED 256GB model at $430-450 or something

 

[Xzi]

Was only viable to keep selling at that price as long as they still had back stock. Considering even Switch already saw a price bump, the same is unfortunately bound to be true for Switch 2 and Steam Deck OLED as well.

 

[Falconcrest64]

already out of stock
lol

 

[Hayato213]

They did mentioned on their website once it is out of stock it will no longer be available.

 

[Exnor]

We need a specs refresh.

 

[chrisrlink]

We need a specs refresh.

we're getting a new steam machine in 2026 I am wondering about the price trying to get it on release for my birthday present

 

[BlusterBong]

...and the Steam Deck is now more expensive than a Switch 2 and just as expensive as a base PS5 without any discounts.

What happened to being pro-consumer, GabeN? surely you can spare a couple millions and all those yachts to keep those prices down?, or maybe it's those equity firms demanding you kill off the cheap LCD model that is apparently a conspiracy

 

[Skv0ra]

we're getting a new steam machine in 2026 I am wondering about the price trying to get it on release for my birthday present

Guarantee you it'll be ~1000 and that gets you a rather decent, proper pre-built from almost any big mfg on almost any sale.

 

[ChibiMofo]

Guarantee you it'll be ~1000 and that gets you a rather decent, proper pre-built from almost any big mfg on almost any sale.

Yeah, except those non-Valve prebuilts can actually be upgraded. You cannot upgrade the ill-fated, underpowered and overpriced Steam Machine. Defeats the purpose of a PC!

 

[Hayato213]

Yeah, except those non-Valve prebuilts can actually be upgraded. You cannot upgrade the ill-fated, underpowered and overpriced Steam Machine. Defeats the purpose of a PC!

Well that we don't know yet I meant you can probably upgrade ram and the drive.

 

[Skv0ra]

Well that we don't know yet I meant you can probably upgrade ram and the drive.

Not necessarily. Might somehow be cheaper for valve to order boards with everything soldered on, including the cpu (and its a shared gpu/chip too, ain't it?) like a laptop.

 

[Hayato213]

Not necessarily. Might somehow be cheaper for valve to order boards with everything soldered on, including the cpu (and its a shared gpu/chip too, ain't it?) like a laptop.

According to this it is removable.

 

[Skv0ra]

According to this it is removable.

Aha. Yet not a peep on the price yet...

 

[AncientBoi]

Uhh, wouldn't this affect the graphics? Also I'm thinkin' the hoarders will now make the money, that have that model. [smh]

 

[Skv0ra]

Uhh, wouldn't this affect the graphics? Also I'm thinkin' the hoarders will now make the money, that have that model. [smh]

How would one make money on inferior hardware of the budget model, that got rightfully phased out since what can it even run today?

 

[AncientBoi]

How would one make money on inferior hardware of the budget model, that got rightfully phased out since what can it even run today?

ahhh, In that case, It Really makes NO Sense.