Valve Jacks Up Steam Deck Prices By As Much As $300

This does not bode well for the price of the Steam Machine.

Valve has increased the prices of the Steam Deck "due to rising memory and storage costs." The numbers are not pretty at all. The 512GB OLED model has jumped up from $549 to $789. That's an increase of $240, as Wario64 noted.

If you've been interested in getting a 1TB OLED, I hope you bought one recently because that model will now run you a whopping $949. That version of the device previously cost $649, so that's an increase of 300 American dollars (almost 50 percent).

"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," Valve said in an announcement. "We'll keep you updated if anything changes."

Those are shocking price increases. You can largely pin the blame on...

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