Valve announces the end of manufacturing of original Steam Deck consoles with LCD screen

Valve has announced that Production of original Steam Deck portable consoles ceases specifically the version with LCD screen 256 GB, which will continue to be sold while supplies last and, after that, will no longer be available.

The video game company launched its first Steam Deck console In 2021, your first portable device designed for play anywhere to PC video games, including titles such as triple A, thanks to the use of a custom processor developed by AMD and the RDNA 2 architecture of PS5 and Xbox Series.

In this case, it is a version equipped with a screen with LCD touch panel 7-inch, 60 hertz and 1280 x 800 pixel resolution, it also has internal storage with capacity up to 256 GB for 549 euros.

However, around four years after its launch Valve has announced that the end of manufacturing of this original model, so that they will no longer have new units and They will continue selling existing ones while supplies last.

This has been detailed on its official sales page, where it has been clarified that, once the currently available units are sold out, the Steam Deck LCD will no longer be officially available. It must be taken into account that, at this time, the console appears as sold out in the official store from Valve.

With all this, users continue to have the later versions of the Steam Deck consolewhich were presented as a renewal in 2023 with screen OLED, more autonomy and up to 1 TB of storage, although its price also increases to 679 euros.