Valve has acknowledged that current Steam Deck stock problems are being driven by a shortage of key components, specifically RAM and storage parts. The company points to heightened demand for those components from large-scale AI projects as a major factor tightening supply chains and affecting production schedules.

  • Valve confirmed that tight supplies of memory and flash storage are restricting how many Steam Deck units it can produce and ship.
  • Hardware demand from AI compute deployments is absorbing a large share of available RAM and storage chips, squeezing consumer electronics makers.
  • The shortage risks longer waits for customers and could force Valve to adjust production priorities or stagger shipments for different Deck configurations.
  • Industry-wide, the shift in component allocation toward AI infrastructure highlights how server-focused spending can ripple into gaming hardware availability.

Source: Eurogamer

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