Steam Deck: Valve significantly increases prices

Now it's affecting the Steam Deck too: After Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony have already increased the prices of their game consoles several times, Valve is now adjusting the price of its Steam Deck OLED. The handheld PC now costs 780 instead of 570 euros for the variant with 512 GByte of storage; the version with 1 terabyte costs 920 instead of the previous 680 euros. The Steam Deck has been sold out for weeks.

Valve justifies the price increase in a post on Steam with rising storage and warehousing costs as well as global logistical burdens affecting the entire industry. Both models are available again after a period of interrupted availability. “The Steam Deck itself has not changed,” the statement reads. “We will inform you if this situation changes,” Valve reassures customers. Same thing, just at a higher price.

Stronger increase in US dollars

In US dollars, the increase is even more significant than in euros. The 512 GByte model climbs from 550 to 790 US dollars, an increase of 240 US dollars. The 1 TByte variant rises from 650 to 950 US dollars, an increase of 300 US dollars in each case before taxes. The fact that the increase in dollars is proportionally larger is due to the originally lower US prices: the 1 TByte version has always cost more in Europe than in the USA.

For those who don't want to buy at the new price, Valve still offers refurbished Steam Deck OLED devices. The 1 TByte model is offered used for 760 US dollars. The original LCD version of the Steam Deck is no longer officially sold new.

Storage crisis claims victims

The price increase also dampens hopes for a soon and, above all, affordable release of Valve's Steam Machine and Steam Frame. Valve has not yet announced prices for either device; scarce and expensive storage components make calculations difficult. How expensive the new devices will be in the end is even harder to estimate after the price increases for the Steam Deck.

Customs duties, disrupted supply chains, and the storage crisis are also affecting other hardware manufacturers. Sony recently announced the third price increase for the Playstation 5 since its market launch in autumn 2020. Sony recommends a price of 650 Euros for a standard Playstation 5 – one hundred Euros more than before and 150 Euros more than at the start of sales. In May 2025, Microsoft already added 50 Euros to the recommended prices of Xbox Series X and Series S. Nintendo is increasing the price for the Switch 2 from 470 to 500 Euros in September.

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