Valve announced today that the Steam Deck is finally properly back in stock, but they now come with a much higher price tag. I was wondering how long it would be until it happened, as Valve held off quite some time on it while seemingly every other hardware vendor put their prices up.
In the announcement Valve said "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. We’ll keep you updated if anything changes."
New prices (inclusive of VAT where applicable):
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Steam Deck OLED 512GB:
- USD $789 (originally $549)
- CAD 1,129 (originally $689)
- EUR 779 (originally €569)
- GBP 649 (originally £479)
- AUD 1,199 (originally $899)
- PLN 3,279 (originally 2,599 PLN)
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Steam Deck OLED 1TB:
- USD $949 (originally $649)
- CAD 1,349 (originally $819)
- EUR 919 (originally €679)
- GBP 779 (originally £569)
- AUD 1,429 (originally $1,049)
- PLN 3,879 (originally 3,099 PLN)
Those prices are quite a tough pill to swallow compared to the originals, which were pretty great value. That brings the pricing a fair bit closer to more powerful systems from other hardware vendors. Although still nowhere near the price of the likes of the Legion Go 2 (which starts at £1,440!).
What this does is leave me even more concerned on the upcoming Steam Machine and Steam Frame, if we're seeing such prices for the Steam Deck, both are likely to be a bit more than anyone was hoping for.
But, I do hope this means some more developers might look to actually optimise their games further, because hardware to run the latest AAA games is getting crazy expensive. We can certainly hope anyway.
Thank you once again to all the companies pushing generative AI, you're truly destroying everything.
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That's terrible pricing! I'm concerned with the Steam Machine and Frame now...
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Quoting: KlaasThank you AI. The prices – like the RPI ones – are horrible.I hope all the AI generated slop was worth it for this.
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Quoting: StellaI hope all the AI generated slop was worth it for this.The enormous amount of slop is the other thing that I hate about this situation. And all the bad forced AI translation that you get shoved in your face when you're in Germany – although to be fair they force the reader to practise English because most of the things are complete gibberish unless you translate them back to English in your head.
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Mountain Man 5 hours ago
Steam Machine is gonna be like three grand.
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kellerkindt 5 hours ago
They should add Tag to indicate (temporary) price increases (similar to the sales tag but instead of a discount it should display a surcharge) to the Steam Deck listings. Then show the original price and slap a "+50%" with a link to their announcement to it XD
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Kimyrielle 4 hours ago
RAM prices do seem to come down, so maybe next year we will see some resemblance of normalcy. In the meantime I just hope none of family's Decks will break.
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Arehandoro 4 hours ago
That's mental.
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Cyba.Cowboy 4 hours ago
Quoting: kellerkindtThey should add Tag to indicate (temporary) price increases (similar to the sales tag but instead of a discount it should display a surcharge) to the Steam Deck listings. Then show the original price and slap a "+50%" with a link to their announcement to it XDThere's no way they're going to return to the original price of the Steam Deck... It's simply not going to happen.
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StalePopcorn 4 hours ago
Holy crap! 😳
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PlayingOnLinuxphone 3 hours ago
I am lucky to not need another device for the next 7+ years (as long as nothing breaks!). But oh boy that is heavy.
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Mohandevir 3 hours ago
I always tought the Steam Machine pricing would align with the 1tb Steam Deck... Geez! I regret thinking that, now!
Handheld pc gaming is officially dead.
Edit: I'm curious to know why the price hike is even steeper for canadian customers... Saw a similar phenomenon with the Steam Controller.
Last edited by Mohandevir on 27 May 2026 at 9:23 pm UTC
Handheld pc gaming is officially dead.
Edit: I'm curious to know why the price hike is even steeper for canadian customers... Saw a similar phenomenon with the Steam Controller.
Last edited by Mohandevir on 27 May 2026 at 9:23 pm UTC
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That's unfortunate, but don't worry, now we have generative AI, which is AWESOME and will solve all world issues! The future is looking very bright, believe me. Isn't obvious at this point how great it is for the humanity, the environment, and for the global economy? Why all the AI hate, come on...
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ItsRainingSomewhere 2 hours ago
While the new price does indeed suck, at least the hardware is available for purchase again.
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ElectricPrism 2 hours ago
Direct your anger at (One Rich Asshole Called Larry Ellison) aka O.R.A.C.L.E.
You may remember, January 22, 2025, Trump created STARGATE, and gave 500 billion to the equivilant of Beserk's God's Hand -- Larry Ellison and the Data Center Mafia.
Now, reasonably priced RAM, GPU, NVME and everything else has been priced out of reach of most consumers.
The manufacturing side is a literal example of how centralizing manufacturing is MORONIC and STUPID.
Data Centers are the digital counterpart to this, get prepared to have your businesses, income, and digital connection disrupted, entire centers will go offline due to hacks, missiles and other things, mark my words.
You may remember, January 22, 2025, Trump created STARGATE, and gave 500 billion to the equivilant of Beserk's God's Hand -- Larry Ellison and the Data Center Mafia.
Now, reasonably priced RAM, GPU, NVME and everything else has been priced out of reach of most consumers.
The manufacturing side is a literal example of how centralizing manufacturing is MORONIC and STUPID.
Data Centers are the digital counterpart to this, get prepared to have your businesses, income, and digital connection disrupted, entire centers will go offline due to hacks, missiles and other things, mark my words.
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Mountain Man 1 hour ago
Quoting: MohandevirEdit: I'm curious to know why the price hike is even steeper for canadian customers... Saw a similar phenomenon with the Steam Controller.Ask your prime minister. He's been making lots of questionable decisions that are impacting the Canadian economy.
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GustyGhost 1 hour ago
Imagine if Valve had released Steam Machine & Frame before the RAMpocalypse.
There would have been a brief window of time where the first to get their foot in the door would have a device whose hopes of wider adoption had been dashed. Valve would have been caught off guard in the middle of a hardware roll out. The launch would have likely become a disaster.
The silver lining is that the RAMpocalypse occurring before the Steam Machine & Frame launch gives Valve (and players) time to strategize.
There would have been a brief window of time where the first to get their foot in the door would have a device whose hopes of wider adoption had been dashed. Valve would have been caught off guard in the middle of a hardware roll out. The launch would have likely become a disaster.
The silver lining is that the RAMpocalypse occurring before the Steam Machine & Frame launch gives Valve (and players) time to strategize.
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GustyGhost 1 hour ago
Quoting: StellaAI is aimbotting for the mind. It enables individuals of lower cognitive aptitude to compete with those of the average. All of this AI induced destruction is so that mouth breathers can offload their thinking outside their skull.Quoting: KlaasThank you AI. The prices – like the RPI ones – are horrible.I hope all the AI generated slop was worth it for this.
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