I don't like these articles treating Valve (or really any PC/console maker) like these price hikes are based on greed alone. I can all but guarantee Valve is paying way higher than the MSRP to even secure any memory supply to begin with. Not even enterprise environments are safe from price hikes, the PC hardware at my company went up by 120% and we're still scraping what we can.
It might also be working less in Valve's favor since the Steam Deck is technically a PC, might also not have as lucrative deals like Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft in memory either.
With all that being said though, the Steam Deck is NOT worth it for about $1000 with tax. People glazing the ROG Ally are going to be very disappointed when that also gets a price hike.
I don't like these articles treating Valve (or really any PC/console maker) like these price hikes are based on greed alone. I can all but guarantee Valve is paying way higher than the MSRP to even secure any memory supply to begin with. Not even enterprise environments are safe from price hikes, the PC hardware at my company went up by 120% and we're still scraping what we can.
It might also be working less in Valve's favor since the Steam Deck is technically a PC, might also not have as lucrative deals like Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft in memory either.
With all that being said though, the Steam Deck is NOT worth it for about $1000 with tax. People glazing the ROG Ally are going to be very disappointed when that also gets a price hike.
Both models of the Steam Deck are sold out at the new price, so Valve isn't the only one taking the crazy pills.
Edit: looks like the 1TB model went back in stock
Describing people as "NPCs" is disgusting, shameful, stupid, NPC behavior.