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Valve Raises Steam Deck Prices Amid Memory Cost Spike
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Valve raises Steam Deck pricing sharply — the base model up $300 to $790 and the 1TB OLED model jumping from $649 to $949 (a 45% increase) — attributed to rising memory/storage costs driven by AI demand for HBM.
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Even The Steam Deck Got Hit
Dave2D
Valve raised the 1 TB Steam Deck OLED price by 45% to $949, which the creator attributes not to greed but to a memory supply crisis driven by AI demand for HBM from Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron.
The Steam Deck Price Hike is BRUTAL
Austin Evans
Valve has sharply increased the Steam Deck's price by $300, with the base model now $790 and the 1 TB model at $950, sparking backlash over what many see as unreasonable pricing.