{"id":1959439,"date":"2026-05-28T08:48:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T05:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1959439"},"modified":"2026-05-28T08:48:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T05:48:23","slug":"valve-announces-significant-steam-deck-price-rise-of-almost-200-in-the-uk-over-40-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1959439","title":{"rendered":"Valve announces significant Steam Deck price rise of almost \u00a3200 in the UK, over 40% around the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Valve announces significant Steam Deck price rise of almost \u00a3200 in the UK, over 40% around the world<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">&#8220;These new prices reflect the current state of component costs and other global logistical challenges.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/press_white_shady_english.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Promotional photo of the Steam Deck OLED: White Edition showing the entire handheld from a three-quarter angle.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"press_white_shady_english.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Valve<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1644925423.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1644925423.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/victoria-kennedy\">Victoria Phillips Kennedy<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      News Reporter<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-05-28T08:48:23+00:00\">May 28, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/steam-deck-price-increase?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          33 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Valve has announced a substantial price increase for its Steam Deck OLED models, citing &#8220;rising memory and storage costs&#8221; as the reason.<\/p>\n<p>In the UK, Valve&#8217;s lower-tier 512GB Steam Deck OLED model has increased from \u00a3479 to \u00a3649. Meanwhile, the chunkier 1TB Steam Deck OLED model will increase from \u00a3569 to \u00a3779. Pricings for other regions can be found below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Steam Deck OLED 512GB:<\/strong> Now $789 USD; CAD 1,129; EUR 779; AUD 1,199; PLN 3,279<\/li>\n<li><strong>Steam Deck OLED 1TB:<\/strong> Now $949 USD; CAD 1,349; EUR 919; AUD 1,429; PLN 3,879<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Steam Deck OLED - Official Reveal Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M9DWeAlREx0?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/M9DWeAlREx0\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Steam Deck OLED &#8211; Official Reveal Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Steam Deck OLED &#8211; Official Reveal Trailer. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=M9DWeAlREx0\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/groups\/steam_hardware\/announcements\/detail\/672869045073085539\">Valve stated<\/a> the Steam Deck itself has not changed, and rather &#8220;these new prices reflect the current state of component costs and other global logistical challenges across the industry as a whole&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The price of RAM &#8211; the quick access source of memory in a computer &#8211; has skyrocketed over recent months. In fact, back in November of last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/2984629\/ram-is-so-expensive-that-stores-are-selling-it-at-market-prices.html\">some shops stopped printing price labels<\/a> so they could alter the prices daily. This rising cost has led to memory shortages, and in April, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-boss-on-project-helix-pricing-and-availability\">head of Xbox Asha Sharma admitted this could in turn lead to a price bump and limited stock<\/a> where its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/project-helix-dev-kits-not-going-out-until-2027-and-other-new-details-on-xboxs-next-gen-console\">next-gen console, Project Helix<\/a>, is concerned. Meanwhile, in February, Valve was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/valve-admits-its-steam-machine-and-steam-frame-will-be-delayed-due-to-ram-and-storage-price-surges\">forced to revise its plans for its Steam Machine and Steam Frame<\/a> hardware due to global memory and storage shortages caused by massive demand from tech giants going all-in on AI data centres.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Valve isn&#8217;t the only company to have increased the price of its current hardware recently. In February, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-announces-major-price-hikes-for-ps5-ps5-pro-and-portal\">Sony announced a shock price rise for its PlayStation 5 family of consoles<\/a>, citing &#8220;continued pressures in the global economic landscape&#8221; as the reason for the changes. Earlier this month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nintendo-switch-2-price-increase-may-2025\">Nintendo also announced a price increase for the Switch 2<\/a>, and similarly said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nintendo-explains-switch-2-price-rise\">the &#8220;recent surge in memory and other component prices&#8221; was a major factor in its decision<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Screenshot from Valve&apos;s website showing the retail prices for its Steam Deck OLED models\" height=\"766\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/image-(54)_fLQFHap.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 2.02088772845953\" width=\"1548\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Screenshot from Valve&apos;s website showing the retail prices for its Steam Deck OLED models\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"image-(54)_fLQFHap.png\" height=\"766\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 2.02088772845953\" width=\"1548\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Valve<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As for the future, Valve has still not set a retail price for its Steam Machine, and there are now concerns within the gaming community about its affordability. The Steam Machine is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/tech-steam-machine-preview-a-powerful-customisable-mini-pc-for-couch-gaming\">console\/PC hybrid which will be able to run PC games on a television or as a normal gaming computer<\/a>. In November, Valve&#8217;s Lawrence Yang and Pierre-Loup Griffais briefly discussed the pricing, and said the Steam Machine will be &#8220;more in line with what you might expect from [the] current PC market&#8221;. Given how much the company&#8217;s handheld Steam Deck now costs, though, it is safe to say that its console-like device will not come cheap.<\/p>\n<p>For more on this subject, be sure to check out Bertie&#8217;s feature: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ram-prices-are-soaring-what-does-it-mean-for-gaming\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a perfect storm of unpreparedness, panic, and greed&#8221; &#8211; RAM prices are soaring, so what does it mean for gaming?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Valve has announced a substantial price increase for its Steam Deck OLED models, citing &#8220;rising memory and storage costs&#8221; as the reason.<\/p>\n<p>In the UK, Valve&#8217;s lower-tier 512GB Steam Deck OLED model has increased from \u00a3479 to \u00a3649. Meanwhile, the chunkier 1TB Steam Deck OLED model will increase from \u00a3569 to \u00a3779. Pricings for other regions can be found below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Steam Deck OLED 512GB:<\/strong> Now $789 USD; CAD 1,129; EUR 779; AUD 1,199; PLN 3,279<\/li>\n<li><strong>Steam Deck OLED 1TB:<\/strong> Now $949 USD; CAD 1,349; EUR 919; AUD 1,429; PLN 3,879<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Steam Deck OLED - Official Reveal Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M9DWeAlREx0?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/M9DWeAlREx0\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Steam Deck OLED &#8211; Official Reveal Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Steam Deck OLED &#8211; Official Reveal Trailer. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=M9DWeAlREx0\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/groups\/steam_hardware\/announcements\/detail\/672869045073085539\">Valve stated<\/a> the Steam Deck itself has not changed, and rather &#8220;these new prices reflect the current state of component costs and other global logistical challenges across the industry as a whole&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The price of RAM &#8211; the quick access source of memory in a computer &#8211; has skyrocketed over recent months. In fact, back in November of last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/2984629\/ram-is-so-expensive-that-stores-are-selling-it-at-market-prices.html\">some shops stopped printing price labels<\/a> so they could alter the prices daily. This rising cost has led to memory shortages, and in April, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-boss-on-project-helix-pricing-and-availability\">head of Xbox Asha Sharma admitted this could in turn lead to a price bump and limited stock<\/a> where its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/project-helix-dev-kits-not-going-out-until-2027-and-other-new-details-on-xboxs-next-gen-console\">next-gen console, Project Helix<\/a>, is concerned. Meanwhile, in February, Valve was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/valve-admits-its-steam-machine-and-steam-frame-will-be-delayed-due-to-ram-and-storage-price-surges\">forced to revise its plans for its Steam Machine and Steam Frame<\/a> hardware due to global memory and storage shortages caused by massive demand from tech giants going all-in on AI data centres.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Valve isn&#8217;t the only company to have increased the price of its current hardware recently. In February, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-announces-major-price-hikes-for-ps5-ps5-pro-and-portal\">Sony announced a shock price rise for its PlayStation 5 family of consoles<\/a>, citing &#8220;continued pressures in the global economic landscape&#8221; as the reason for the changes. Earlier this month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nintendo-switch-2-price-increase-may-2025\">Nintendo also announced a price increase for the Switch 2<\/a>, and similarly said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nintendo-explains-switch-2-price-rise\">the &#8220;recent surge in memory and other component prices&#8221; was a major factor in its decision<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Screenshot from Valve&apos;s website showing the retail prices for its Steam Deck OLED models\" height=\"766\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/image-(54)_fLQFHap.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 2.02088772845953\" width=\"1548\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Screenshot from Valve&apos;s website showing the retail prices for its Steam Deck OLED models\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"image-(54)_fLQFHap.png\" height=\"766\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 2.02088772845953\" width=\"1548\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Valve<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As for the future, Valve has still not set a retail price for its Steam Machine, and there are now concerns within the gaming community about its affordability. The Steam Machine is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/tech-steam-machine-preview-a-powerful-customisable-mini-pc-for-couch-gaming\">console\/PC hybrid which will be able to run PC games on a television or as a normal gaming computer<\/a>. In November, Valve&#8217;s Lawrence Yang and Pierre-Loup Griffais briefly discussed the pricing, and said the Steam Machine will be &#8220;more in line with what you might expect from [the] current PC market&#8221;. Given how much the company&#8217;s handheld Steam Deck now costs, though, it is safe to say that its console-like device will not come cheap.<\/p>\n<p>For more on this subject, be sure to check out Bertie&#8217;s feature: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ram-prices-are-soaring-what-does-it-mean-for-gaming\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a perfect storm of unpreparedness, panic, and greed&#8221; &#8211; RAM prices are soaring, so what does it mean for gaming?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Valve announces significant Steam Deck price rise of almost \u00a3200 in the UK, over 40% around the world &#8220;These new prices reflect the current state of component costs and other global logistical challenges.&#8221; Image credit: Valve News by Victoria Phillips Kennedy News Reporter Published on May 28, 2026 33 comments Valve has announced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,253],"class_list":["post-1959439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-eurogamer-net"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1959439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1959439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1959439\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1959439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1959439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1959439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}