Valve's Most Expensive Steam Deck Now Costs $949 USD After a Surprise Price Increase

SummaryValve has raised the price of both Steam Deck OLED models, with the 512GB variant jumping from $549 USD to $789 USD and the 1TB variant rising from $649 USD to $949 USDValve cited "the current state of component costs and other global logistical challenges across the industry" as the reason for the increase, with no hardware changes accompanying the new pricingThe increases are driven by a global RAM and SSD shortage caused by AI hyperscalers, with OpenAI reported to have placed o...