You may have seen that Steam Deck prices got a sudden jolt last week. Customers in Asia were briefly spared from these increases, but it hasn’t taken long for the changes to seep through. Valve’s official distributor in several Asian regions has now bumped up the price for the second time this year. The price hikes followed a period of limited availability as Valve’s popular handheld abruptly went out of stock due to memory and storage shortage pressures.

LCD Steam Decks (excluding refurbished models) have been discontinued entirely, leaving only the Steam Deck OLED available to purchase directly from the Steam store. In the United States, prices rose by more than 40% last week, jumping from $549 to $789 for the 512GB variant, and from $649 to $949 for 1TB. Regions around the world suffered similar increases.

Steam Deck price hikes reach Asia via Komodo Station

Komodo Station is the official distributor of the Steam Deck and other Valve hardware in South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. As we mentioned earlier, this is the second price hike of the year for Komodo, following a smaller increase at the end of February. The new prices – as of this month – can be seen below, alongside their increase compared to the February levels.

It’s difficult to imagine that Valve and its partners will be able to adjust the prices again anytime soon, at least in any meaningful way. Global shortages of RAM and NAND flash storage continue to be a major problem, fueled by demand for AI infrastructure and data centers.

We’re still waiting for the Steam Machine and Steam Frame pricing to be revealed, and the sudden Steam Deck hikes have fans worrying even more about just how much they’ll cost. The two pieces of hardware, due in 2026, are fitted with 16GB DDR5 and 16GB Unified LPDDR5X RAM, respectively.

The Steam Machine also has 8GB GDDR6 VRAM for graphics to account for, and will be launching with 512GB and 2TB SSD storage options. The Steam Frame will ship with 256GB and 1TB UFS storage options.

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