{"id":2052253,"date":"2026-07-20T12:45:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T09:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2052253"},"modified":"2026-07-20T12:45:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T09:45:20","slug":"honestly-its-still-getting-worse-valve-steam-machine-engineer-says-component-prices-are-still-rising-potentially-paving-the-way-for-a-price-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2052253","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Honestly, it&#8217;s still getting worse&#8221; &#8211; Valve Steam Machine engineer says component prices are still rising, potentially paving the way for a price increase"},"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\">&#8220;Honestly, it&#8217;s still getting worse&#8221; &#8211; Valve Steam Machine engineer says component prices are still rising, potentially paving the way for a price increase<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">RAMed into a wall.<\/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\/steam-machine-green.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Steam Machine (green variant)\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"steam-machine-green.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Valve\/Eurogamer<\/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=\"Sherif Saed avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/IMG_1950_Uy1XomJ.JPG?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1638\" height=\"1346\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Sherif Saed avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"IMG_1950_Uy1XomJ.JPG\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1638\" height=\"1346\">\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\/sherif-saed\">Sherif Saed<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Senior Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-07-20T12:45:20+00:00\">July 20, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/steam-machine-valve-component-price-increase?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          1 comment<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>There is no end seemingly in sight for the memory crisis, or of how much higher the price of consumer electronics could go. Valve, which recently shipped its expensive Steam Machine, has learned this the hard way.<\/p>\n<p>The result was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/everything-we-know-steam-machine\">a Steam Machine that costs \u00a3879 ($1,049) at minimum<\/a> &#8211; a price Valve admitted was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/valve-steam-machine-price-availability-reaction\">well above what it originally wanted<\/a>. But things aren&#8217;t getting any better; unfortunately, current component prices are even more expensive than when Valve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/steam-machine-arrived-unboxing\">shipped in that initial wave of Steam Machines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Honestly, it&#8217;s still getting worse,&#8221; Valve engineer Yazan Aldehayyat recently told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/newsletters\/2026-07-17\/valve-s-14-year-journey-to-make-the-steam-machine\">Bloomberg<\/a>. &#8220;Just in case people are not aware. What people are seeing on retail shelves right now, from our observations, is lagging what we&#8217;re seeing from a bulk supply by at least three to six months.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Aldehayyat didn&#8217;t outright say it, this does suggest a price increase is on the horizon. This could also affect Steam Deck, of course, and consoles like the PlayStation, Xbox or Nintendo Switch.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, these comments line up with Microsoft&#8217;s own statements about the state of RAM and storage prices &#8211; the components that are at the vanguard of the AI datacenter-driven shortages. Microsoft <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-major-price-increases\">announced it was significantly raising the price of the entire Xbox Series X\/S line-up<\/a>, effective 1st August. And as part of the same announcement, Microsoft said it expects component prices to double again by the autumn of 2027, perhaps preparing players for another round of price hikes.<\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/us-xbox-fans-hit-with-another-hardware-price-hike-just-four-months-after-the-last-increase\">isn&#8217;t the first time Microsoft has raised the price of Xbox consoles<\/a>. Sony, too, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-announces-major-price-hikes-for-ps5-ps5-pro-and-portal\">has increased PS5 prices several times<\/a>, and Nintendo announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nintendo-switch-2-price-increase-may-2025\">a Switch 2 price hike to take effect 1st September<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So where does this leave us? The Valve engineer is hopeful that pricing will eventually fix itself. Either that or, if the crisis continues, this will simply be the kind of pricing we can expect consumer electronics to have.<\/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>There is no end seemingly in sight for the memory crisis, or of how much higher the price of consumer electronics could go. Valve, which recently shipped its expensive Steam Machine, has learned this the hard way.<\/p>\n<p>The result was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/everything-we-know-steam-machine\">a Steam Machine that costs \u00a3879 ($1,049) at minimum<\/a> &#8211; a price Valve admitted was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/valve-steam-machine-price-availability-reaction\">well above what it originally wanted<\/a>. But things aren&#8217;t getting any better; unfortunately, current component prices are even more expensive than when Valve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/steam-machine-arrived-unboxing\">shipped in that initial wave of Steam Machines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Honestly, it&#8217;s still getting worse,&#8221; Valve engineer Yazan Aldehayyat recently told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/newsletters\/2026-07-17\/valve-s-14-year-journey-to-make-the-steam-machine\">Bloomberg<\/a>. &#8220;Just in case people are not aware. What people are seeing on retail shelves right now, from our observations, is lagging what we&#8217;re seeing from a bulk supply by at least three to six months.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Aldehayyat didn&#8217;t outright say it, this does suggest a price increase is on the horizon. This could also affect Steam Deck, of course, and consoles like the PlayStation, Xbox or Nintendo Switch.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, these comments line up with Microsoft&#8217;s own statements about the state of RAM and storage prices &#8211; the components that are at the vanguard of the AI datacenter-driven shortages. Microsoft <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-major-price-increases\">announced it was significantly raising the price of the entire Xbox Series X\/S line-up<\/a>, effective 1st August. And as part of the same announcement, Microsoft said it expects component prices to double again by the autumn of 2027, perhaps preparing players for another round of price hikes.<\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/us-xbox-fans-hit-with-another-hardware-price-hike-just-four-months-after-the-last-increase\">isn&#8217;t the first time Microsoft has raised the price of Xbox consoles<\/a>. Sony, too, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-announces-major-price-hikes-for-ps5-ps5-pro-and-portal\">has increased PS5 prices several times<\/a>, and Nintendo announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nintendo-switch-2-price-increase-may-2025\">a Switch 2 price hike to take effect 1st September<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So where does this leave us? The Valve engineer is hopeful that pricing will eventually fix itself. Either that or, if the crisis continues, this will simply be the kind of pricing we can expect consumer electronics to have.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News &#8220;Honestly, it&#8217;s still getting worse&#8221; &#8211; Valve Steam Machine engineer says component prices are still rising, potentially paving the way for a price increase RAMed into a wall. 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