Update: [theverge.com/…/valve-ifixit-will-keep-selling-ste…](Valve says iFixit will keep selling Steam Deck batteries after all)

Why would Valve stop stocking the most important replacement part just as people are starting to need it?

Here is Valve’s answer to The Verge, as of 5PM ET: “We just confirmed with iFixit that they plan to have batteries back in stock by next week.”

“iFixit will be getting the same OEM parts sourced through Valve’s partners that they always have,” spokesperson Kaci Aitchison Boyle tells me.