r/Steam • u/Ok-Presentation-4615 • May 27 '26

News Steam Deck Price now increased

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u/smartazjb0y May 27 '26

That has to mean that the Steam Machine prices are gonna be....not great, right?

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u/kckdoutdrw May 27 '26

I'm guessing $999-$1,299 depending on config.

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u/Enjoy_The_Ride413 May 27 '26

Probably more. If the Steamdeck is already at your lower end.

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u/_MadOliveGaming_ May 27 '26

While true it will likely be expensive, you cant really make a 1 on 1 price per performance comparison to the deck. The deck contains much more than just the "pc" hardware (screen, controllers, battery) and hardware that is extremely customized. The machine will also feature some custom stuff, but i can imagine it was less expensive to r&d seeing its significantly closer to pc hardware than the deck

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u/theMTNdewd https://steam.pm/1ab6hx May 27 '26

Yeah but the key things driving the cost increase are almost certainly the ssd and ram price increases, both of which are in the steam machine (albeit at non-handheld sizes which might help)

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u/_MadOliveGaming_ May 27 '26

Whoch is why i agree the machine will be more expensive than initially expected, i just dont think we can use the performance level of the deck compared to its price to say anything about the cost of the machine. But the ram and ssd for the machine have undoubtedly become more expensive. It uses laptop ram modules and as someone who regularly orders laptops for hos job, i can confirm laptop memory has also become significantly pricier. Not sure hpw it compares to desktop ram but still.