Valve’s Steam Deck is back in stock after months, but you won’t like it

Valve 的 Steam Deck 在缺货数月后终于回归，但你可能不会喜欢这个价格

Valve’s Steam Deck handheld has been largely unavailable to buy since mid-February, a victim of the RAM and storage shortages that have been driving up prices for most consumer tech since the fall of 2025. 自 2 月中旬以来，Valve 的 Steam Deck 手持游戏机一直处于大面积缺货状态。这是自 2025 年秋季以来，内存和存储芯片短缺导致大多数消费电子产品价格上涨的又一受害者。

The good news is that the Deck is back in stock on Valve’s site and ready to ship in three to five days; the bad news is that it appears to have returned because somebody wished for it on a monkey’s paw. 好消息是，Steam Deck 现已在 Valve 官网恢复供货，并可在三到五天内发货；坏消息是，它的回归方式简直就像是“猴爪”许愿（意指以令人痛苦的方式实现了愿望）。

The 512GB version of the OLED Steam Deck now sells for a whopping $789, $240 more than its previous $549 price. The 1TB version (which also includes an anti-glare screen coating, a slightly nicer case, and an “exclusive startup movie and keyboard theme”) will now run you $949, a $300 increase from its old $649 price. OLED 版 Steam Deck 的 512GB 型号现在售价高达 789 美元，比之前的 549 美元上涨了 240 美元。1TB 版本（包含防眩光屏幕涂层、质感更好的便携包以及“独家启动动画和键盘主题”）现在的售价为 949 美元，较之前的 649 美元上涨了 300 美元。

The old $399 base model with 256GB of storage and the older LCD screen has been discontinued, though this had been announced well before these price increases took effect. These prices are particularly hard to swallow for a nearly 3-year-old revision of an over-4-year-old handheld PC. 此前售价 399 美元、配备 256GB 存储空间和旧款 LCD 屏幕的基础型号现已停产，尽管这一消息在涨价生效前就已公布。对于一款发布已超过 4 年、且该版本也已推出近 3 年的手持 PC 来说，这样的价格实在令人难以接受。

If there’s a saving grace for Valve, it’s that most competing handhelds from the likes of Asus and Lenovo are also pushing or exceeding that $1,000 mark. Of the Deck’s major competitors, only the $600 Asus ROG Xbox Ally (and its AMD Ryzen Z2 A processor, which is very similar to the Deck’s semi-custom AMD chip) is significantly cheaper than the Steam Deck. 如果说 Valve 还有什么值得庆幸的，那就是华硕和联想等厂商的大多数竞品手持设备价格也都在向 1,000 美元大关靠拢，甚至已经超过了这一价格。在 Deck 的主要竞争对手中，只有售价 600 美元的华硕 ROG Xbox Ally（及其搭载的 AMD Ryzen Z2 A 处理器，该处理器与 Deck 的半定制 AMD 芯片非常相似）比 Steam Deck 便宜得多。

“Steam Deck itself hasn’t changed; these new prices reflect the current state of component costs and other global logistical challenges across the industry as a whole,” reads Valve’s brief announcement about the price hikes. “We’ll keep you updated if anything changes.” Valve 在关于涨价的简短声明中写道：“Steam Deck 本身没有改变；这些新价格反映了当前整个行业在组件成本和其他全球物流挑战方面的现状。如有任何变动，我们会及时通知大家。”

The new Deck pricing bodes poorly for the potential pricing of the Steam Machine desktop, which was announced late last year at what ended up being a spectacularly awful time to build and ship a new gaming PC. The Steam Machine was always going to have problems competing with dedicated game consoles on price, but at this point, it would be a pleasant surprise if the box launched for under $1,000. 新的 Deck 定价预示着 Steam Machine 台式机的前景不容乐观。该产品于去年年底发布，而当时恰好是制造和发售新款游戏 PC 最糟糕的时机。Steam Machine 在价格上本就难以与专用游戏主机竞争，而照目前的情况来看，如果这款设备上市时售价能低于 1,000 美元，那反而会是一个令人惊喜的消息。

Valve plans to launch the box sometime “this year,” and it recently appeared in the database of devices conforming to the Vulkan graphics API. The only one of Valve’s new hardware announcements from late last year to have actually shipped is the $99 Steam Controller, because “it doesn’t have RAM in it.” Valve 计划在“今年”某个时候推出这款设备，它最近也出现在了符合 Vulkan 图形 API 的设备数据库中。Valve 去年年底发布的新硬件中，唯一已经出货的产品是售价 99 美元的 Steam 手柄，原因很简单——“因为它里面没有内存”。