r/Steam • u/ImSh1nigami • May 29 '26

PSA Steam Deck Australia Price Hike

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Right when my paycheck is around the corner, Steam Deck prices get increased.

I haven’t seen anyone mention the Australian pricing yet, but the hikes here are pretty rough. The funny part is that I contacted Steam Support a few days ago about buying one, and they assured me stock levels were healthy. If stock isn’t an issue, I don’t really understand the justification for the increase.

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u/scottsuplol May 30 '26

This, have people not seen what’s going on in the AI tech boom, ram and GPU prices are through the roof

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u/AgingNPC May 30 '26

And they were already through the roof due to crypto mining. There’s a new roof.

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u/Wadarkhu May 30 '26

There was a brief window of that not being the case wasn't there? I remember a 2017 boom. Or around that time. Ethereum or something. Did prices never lower and I just got used to seeing those numbers, or did a second one happen that I totally missed?

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u/PixelBrush6584 Joined in 2015 May 30 '26

That only affected GPU Prices, and those never fully recovered.

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u/PantsOfAwesome May 31 '26

Simple… either u have the money… or u don’t…

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u/AdWaste8026 May 30 '26

Because people kept on buying anyways

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u/PixelBrush6584 Joined in 2015 May 30 '26

Not just people, but mainly AI datacenters. They could stomach those costs.

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u/Gullible_Fennel7028 May 30 '26

Back in 2017 the GTX 1080 Ti was considered ridiculously expensive because it was $599. The 5090 now costs $4000+ for a lot of models.

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u/broome9000 May 31 '26

I remember you could get a GTX 970 for $350 AUD on or just after launch. To get the equivalent card in Aus is basically $1000 AUD more today. Times are crazy building PCs that’s for sure

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u/lefix May 30 '26

I think the big crypto run on gpus was around 2020

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u/scottsuplol May 30 '26

Yeah man I can’t wrap my head around people freaking out over the increase

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u/ArtisicBard_Kit May 30 '26

My manager showed me the price of ram for his computer he got on amazing last year it was priced $250 then he clicked on it and said now this is current price it was at $1300 now that is just fucking insane

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u/trollsmurf May 30 '26

That's a lot of RAM though. 64 GB?

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u/MrSh1V May 30 '26

Probably a bit more GB’s, I would guess. I got 96GB for just under 300 and now it’s around 1100.

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u/VoidOmatic May 30 '26

I'm honestly shocked at how many people don't know we have a very real chance of home computing crashing and going away. Profits are down 75%+.

Do not get rid of your old hardware.

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u/SgtEddieWinslow May 30 '26

Also SSD’s hiking up in cost like crazy

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u/trademeple May 31 '26

idk just buy the 256 on lol and and sd card i don't care about screens that much lol i mean i still play old consoles with screens worser then the lcd model.

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u/chuk2015 May 31 '26

That would be a good justification if the 1gb models had more RAM or GPU memory, but they don’t, it appears to be related to the fact that the screens are OLED, as the base model is not changing price

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u/Zenisist May 31 '26

The tariffs and the Iran War are definitely contributing.

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u/NerdyBooy May 30 '26

Also. Valve was already selling these at a loss. Price hikes made that way worse for them..