Valve has announced a significant price increase for all models of the Steam Deck. Both the Steam Deck OLED model with 512GB of storage, which cost \u20ac569, will now cost \u20ac779 in Europe; and the Steam Deck OLED model with 1TB of storage, which cost \u20ac679, will now cost \u20ac919.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is an increase of between \u20ac210 and \u20ac240, a rise that moves the Steam Deck away from the competitive price range<\/a> it was in until now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The reason for this is the economic situation and, very especially, the reality of the sector. As Valve explained in the statement, “these new prices reflect the current situation of component costs<\/a> and other global logistical challenges affecting the entire sector.” Referring to the fact that the cost of RAM, due to the rise of AI<\/a>, has skyrocketed, leading to other microcomputer hardware products, such as hard drives, increasing in price accordingly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For the rest, the consolidated computer remains the same. Despite the price increase, the Steam Deck still has the same features as at launch. It is a price increase with no justification other than the fact that it now costs them more to make them.<\/p>\n\n\n\nA catastrophic price increase<\/h2>\n\n\n\n