Steam Deck Price Surge Clouds Steam Frame Prospects
TL;DR
Valve has raised Steam Deck prices by about 44–46%: 512 GB OLED from $549 to $789 and 1 TB from $649 to $949, with the 256 GB LCD variant reportedly removed. Valve cites rising RAM/SSD costs and logistics as the reason, signaling that Steam Frame (and Steam Machine) pricing and release timing may be revisited. The price hike adds risk to Steam Frame’s roadmap and fuels uncertainty about when and how it will be priced, potentially extending Valve’s rumored “Valve time.”
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