Steam Deck gets a major price bump, more than 40% increase for US buyers

elsii · Thursday at 12:56 AM

AndorfRequissa said:
gaming is getting to be such an expensive hobby. im glad i have alot of retro hardware i can play on. i like expanding my collection of systems to play on but at these prices ill just stick to what i have and be happy with what I have.

retro gaming is honestly the way to go, I got my wii for $50 and love it :3

AlexMCS · Thursday at 1:01 AM

PS3 + Wii U is a LOT of gaming for cheap TBH. Those Deck prices are hysterical.
Ayaneo / AYN etc, which were already much better, just got even more attractive.

littlemisskittn · Thursday at 1:03 AM

DiscostewSM said:
This makes the Xbox ROG Ally X look like a steal.

Was coming here to say exactly this. At this price point, you may as well get a ROG Ally X. It can play more stuff.

The Catboy · Thursday at 1:36 AM

Tigran said:
Nah.. Gabe is in this too.

He was after all trying to get Musk to get Kojima a tour of Open AI.

And Kojima is doing an AI movie.

So.. yeah.. might want to start looking at your idols before you *general you.. Not you in particular Catboy* start trying to pull republican level mental gymnastics.

I don’t follow what Gabe is up to and I am sad that he’s interested in AI slop. I hope bubble pops soon.

DiscostewSM · Thursday at 1:39 AM

The Catboy said:
I don’t follow what Gabe is up to and I am sad that he’s interested in AI slop. I hope bubble pops soon.

Even if the bubble pops, it would take time for things to "supposedly" go back to normal. All that purchased hardware isn't going to go back into circulation. Hell, most of it hasn't even been made yet.

ChronosNotashi · Thursday at 1:47 AM

DiscostewSM said:
Even if the bubble pops, it would take time for things to "supposedly" go back to normal. All that purchased hardware isn't going to go back into circulation. Hell, most of it hasn't even been made yet.

Yeah, anyone who believes the price will go back down as quickly as it went up either failed basic business/economics, or are intentionally deluding themselves into believing that the world operates how they want it to operate.

Like one person I saw before who believed that the USD $50 Switch 2 increase in September is pure greed because "prices will be back to normal by that time". When many of us are/were well aware that even if the current contributors to inflation were resolved TODAY, it would take months for RAM/storage to return to their original rates, if they returned to their original rates AT ALL within the next few years. Not to mention that there's always the chance for something else to happen that makes prices go up again.

The common truth of economics: when a (sudden) inflation/recession occurs, prices spike up quickly - when inflation/recession stops and reverses, prices float down slowly.

ChibiMofo · Thursday at 1:48 AM

MeowthBlep said:
The economy is joever

That's an interesting* way of putting it given who completely fcked it up.

*(Read as: "ignorant")

Jayro · Thursday at 1:51 AM

titan_tim said:
Honestly, when the steam deck first released at $399, the profit margins were probably next to nothing. But for a sudden $200 increase, that seems far beyond what the extra costs for the hardware could be.

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Although the Switch 2 doesn't come with a library backlog of hundreds of previously purchased games.

Especially now that the hardware is old with much better systems for the same price, I'd rather just puck up an ROG Ally instead.

ChibiMofo · Thursday at 1:53 AM

Jayro said:
I cannot fathom how smooth-brained their operations are, raising prices without upgrading anything about it. They can sit on store shelves now until the prices come back down to normal. So sick of this corporate GREED, just because they are too stubborn to cut into their profit margins.

Right. It's just corporate greed, as if this rise in price just goes to buy them more yachts instead of to pay for the extreme rise in price for components, especially memory. Valve makes money when you buy gave via Steam. The Deck is a Steam delivery device. They DESPERATELY want you to own one. But they are not going to sell it at a loss. Want to be sick of corporate greed? Check out the memory manufacturers, who are making many times more than ever before due to this. But also note that this is EXACTLY how capitalism works. Right now their is an extreme inbalance between supply (thanks to the insane and unsustainable AI rollout) and demand.

Have you not been paying attention at all to the past 6 months? Catch up, because your comments are embarrassing.

The Catboy · Thursday at 1:55 AM

DiscostewSM said:
Even if the bubble pops, it would take time for things to "supposedly" go back to normal. All that purchased hardware isn't going to go back into circulation. Hell, most of it hasn't even been made yet.

I am aware, which is why I want it to pop already so things can start moving. The sooner shit goes tits up, the sooner things can happen

ChibiMofo · Thursday at 1:56 AM

titan_tim said:
Although the Switch 2 doesn't come with a library backlog of hundreds of previously purchased games.

If you own a Switch 1 with hundreds of previously purchased games it does. And the Steam Deck doesn't come with any games that you didn't purchase through Valve. What a weird comparison.

Jayro · Thursday at 1:58 AM

ChibiMofo said:
Right. It's just corporate greed, as if this rise in price just goes to buy them more yachts instead of to pay for the extreme rise in price for components, especially memory. Valve makes money when you buy gave via Steam. The Deck is a Steam delivery device. They DESPERATELY want you to own one. But they are not going to sell it at a loss. Want to be sick of corporate greed? Check out the memory manufacturers, who are making many times more than ever before due to this. But also note that this is EXACTLY how capitalism works. Right now their is an extreme inbalance between supply (thanks to the insane and unsustainable AI rollout) and demand.

Have you not been paying attention at all to the past 6 months? Catch up, because your comments are embarrassing.

I'm just sick of it all, and wanna slap every rich motherfucker responsible for the price-hikes. 2TB SSDs should have been at the $100 mark like 10 years ago, and they're still way off the mark. Storage hasn't gotten cheaper over time like it should have, unless you're talking SD cards. I desperately need storage expansion for my computer, but not wanting to pay these inflated prices.

Marc_LFD · Thursday at 1:58 AM

ChronosNotashi said:
First time I saw the increases start happening, I was reminded of this comic page from one issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly. Funny how an economic inflation that's affecting the gaming industry (among other things) reminded me of a comic I read during my high school years referring to a very similar scenario.

(...God, I'm old...)

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Funny enough, it's already showing as sold out in the U.S., so either people are indeed buying it, or it's the typical scalpers trying to turn a profit.

Scalpers are pretty pathetic and it only works if people buy from them otherwise they wasted their money.

anhminh · Thursday at 2:00 AM

The Catboy said:
I don’t follow what Gabe is up to and I am sad that he’s interested in AI slop. I hope bubble pops soon.

If the bubble pop, the economy will go into depression and gaming will be the last thing you will need to worry about.

Jayro · Thursday at 2:01 AM

anhminh said:
If the bubble pop, the economy will go into depression and gaming will be the last thing you will need to worry about.

We're already there dude, wake up.

G25900 · Thursday at 2:06 AM

Scarlet said:
If older games and emulation are your aim, I'd suggest looking into an Android handheld. Something with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 or newer would easily handle emulation up to Switch, and can also run PC games via apps like GameNative. You'll likely see better battery life from decent handhelds when compared to what an x86 system could offer.

Yeah, I'm aware of those, It's just that the steam deck had basically everything I wanted in terms of both PC games compatability and emulation, it also meant I didn't have to go looking around in a market that seems to have new handhelds released every other day.

Bladexdsl · Thursday at 2:14 AM

purple_bandit said:
Remember when things got cheaper?

pepperidge farms remembers

Kingofknights · Thursday at 3:00 AM

Thread 'Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa explains Switch 2 price increases in recent Financial Results Briefing'

May 14, 2026

As a part of their Financial Results Briefing for the previous year, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa took to the floor to answer key questions around the Switch 2 and the company's approach for the coming year. The most pressing among these related to the upcoming price increases to the system, as well the reasoning behind the differing values from region to region.

Shuntaro Furukawa said:
This change in hardware pricing was not due to any one specific factor. Rather, the decision was made in light of various changes in the recent market conditions which we believe will have a...

Nintendo thread where you guys ripped him to shred. Where's that energy now?

RedoLane · Thursday at 4:00 AM

Ooof, that's nasty.
>stares at my Steam Deck OLED
....I bought mine last year for around 600 pounds.

Xzi · Thursday at 4:01 AM

Kingofknights said:
Nintendo thread where you guys ripped him to shred. Where's that energy now?

Nintendo's strategy is smart in the short term, but might cause more backlash in the long term. Reports suggest this won't be the final price increase for the Switch 2.

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