Friday, May 29th 2026 Valve Steam Deck Sells Out in 24 Hours Despite Price Hike by Cpt.Jank Today, 05:43 Discuss 14 Comments The internet has recently been rife with complaints and discussions about the recent price increases to the Valve Steam Deck OLED , which saw prices of the gaming handheld sp… …
… That works out to a 10% price increase for the monthly plan and a 12% increase for the three-month subscription. The annual plans seem unaffected, as do prices for existing subscribers, but if a subscription lapses, the new price will apply when players re-subscribe. …
… The PS5 itself also recently saw a sizeable price increase , and although Sony didn't provide a justification for the price increases outside of "the global economic landscape," the assumption has largely been that increasing DRAM prices have been to blame for the price increase. …
… The Switch 2 price increase has been expected since January 2026, thanks to rising DRAM and BOM costs across the board . …
… Now, there are no relatively inexpensive options, with the lowest-priced Steam Deck being the 512 GB OLED version at $789. …
… For example, the price of the GeForce RTX 5090 listed on Western retailers like Newegg regularly exceeds $4,000. This situation results in the actual sales price being twice as high as the original MSRP, which is still listed at $1,999 on NVIDIA's website. …
… Now, the RTX 5070 12 GB upgrade comes in at a whopping $1,199—a 72% price increase for a 50% increase in VRAM. …
… Valve has previously said that it would not be pricing the Steam Machine as aggressively as it had priced the Steam Deck initially, but it may be reconsidering that approach if Steam Machine production units start piling up and hardware prices continue to increase. …
… Notably, several consecutive quarters of steep price increases have significantly intensified cost burdens for smartphone vendors. …
… Although rising memory costs and higher end-product prices have dampened smartphone and PC demand, brisk server orders will fill this gap. …