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Valve announced that Steam Deck is getting a sizable price hike, bringing an increase of $240 to $300 to its handheld gaming PC–not exactly a vote of confidence for those of us waiting for Steam Frame, its upcoming standalone VR headset.

The company revealed the 512 GB OLED Steam Deck has increased from $549 to $789, while the 1 TB variant is going from $649 to a whopping $949, making for a 44% and 46% price increase respectively.

What’s more, the cheaper 256 GB LCD Steam Deck is no longer listed on Steam, which suggests the company may have retired it after months of being out of stock.

In a Steam news post, Valve explains what’s become an all too obvious occurrence in consumer electronics by this point: component prices are out of control.

“Steam Deck itself hasn’t changed; these new prices reflect the current state of component costs and other global logistical challenges across the industry as a whole,” Valve says. “We’ll keep you updated if anything changes.”

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[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It needs much higher resolution displays like 8MP or higher per eye. It needs lenses and it all needs to be super lightweight. Its ARM based however instead of x86 so maybe the APU is cheaper at least.

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