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

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With very little in the way of announcement, Valve has today increased the price of the Steam Deck but some fairly considerable margins. Both of the available models, the 512GB and 1TB OLED systems, have seen an increase. You can find an overview of these changes below:
  • 512GB OLED
    • UK: £479 ➜ £649 (35% Increase)
    • EU: €569 ➜ €779 (36% Increase)
    • US: $549 ➜ $789 (43% Increase)
  • 1TB OLED
    • UK: £569 ➜ £779 (36% Increase)
    • EU: €679 ➜ €919 (35% Increase)
    • US: $649 ➜ $949 (46% Increase)
Unlike the recently announced changes to the cost of the Switch 2, these prices have already come into effect, delivering a serious blow to the value the Steam Deck previously offered. With the Steam Machine still on the docket for this year, it remains to be seen just how expensive it will end up being.

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Can someone please tell us all how a high demand for chips and memory makes the price go up? It's not clear...
Are you being serious? Supply and Demand is shit you get taught in like, third grade.

It's like Pokemon cards, if a certain card is super desirable, and not everyone can get it, people are willing to spend more money to make sure that they get it, which makes the card more valuable. If that card gets reprinted, then a lot more copies of the card are out there, making it easier for people to get them, so the value of the card goes down.
 

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