If you were hoping to check out Valve’s hit handheld gaming PC this Christmas without shelling out for the newer, pricier data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/reviews/steam-deck-oled” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/reviews/steam-deck-oled”>Steam Deck OLED, I’ve got some bad news. This week, Valve announced it’s discontinuing the $399 256GB LCD Steam Deck, the original version that launched in 2022 with an LCD screen.
In a short notice on its data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://store.steampowered.com/steamdeck” target=”_blank” data-url=”https://store.steampowered.com/steamdeck” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”>Steam Deck page (h/t data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/valve-discontinuing-the-last-steam-deck-lcd-model/” target=”_blank” data-url=”https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/valve-discontinuing-the-last-steam-deck-lcd-model/” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”>GamingOnLinux), the company confirmed it’s “no longer producing the Steam Deck LCD 256 GB model,” and that “once sold out, it will no longer be available.” In…
