If you were hoping to check out Valve's hit handheld gaming PC this Christmas without shelling out for the newer, pricier 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 Steam Deck page (h/t 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 whatever's the opposite of a Christmas miracle, it looks like the LCD model is already sold out, at least in the U.S. Gamers now only have the option between the Steam Deck OLED with 512GB of storage ($549) or 1TB ($649).
