A Steam Deck prototype allegedly sold on eBay for $2,000

Valve was working on the Steam Deck for a long time, pouring its successes and failures from the Steam Machines, Steam Controller, and Steam Link into one portable device. We know this because Valve showed off a bunch of prototypes leading up to the final Steam Deck—and it looks like one of those prototypes somehow managed to slip the surly bonds of Bellevue and make its way to eBay.

According to Reddit and Steam Deck HQ, a listing on the US eBay site sold the “Early Valve Engineering 34 Prototype” for $2,000 earlier this week.