{"id":137358,"date":"2026-05-28T05:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T05:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-201711"},"modified":"2026-05-28T05:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T05:15:00","slug":"valve-follows-switch-2-ps5-xbox-with-major-steam-deck-price-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/05\/28\/valve-follows-switch-2-ps5-xbox-with-major-steam-deck-price-hike\/","title":{"rendered":"Valve Follows Switch 2, PS5 &amp; Xbox With Major Steam Deck Price Hike"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a692914bc0c45\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a692914bc0c45\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"a692914bc0c45\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Steam Deck Switch 2\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a692914bc0c45\/steam-deck-switch-2.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a692914bc0c45\/steam-deck-switch-2.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Steam Deck Switch 2\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo Life<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Depending on what kind of hybrid gaming system you&#8217;re in the market for, the Steam Deck might not be quite as appealing after a significant price increase this week.<\/p>\n<p>Following in the footsteps of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/03\/ps5-gets-an-insane-price-increase-n-will-nintendo-follow-suit\">Nintendo and Sony recently<\/a>, Valve has announced its <strong>512GB<\/strong> OLED system has jumped from <strong>$549<\/strong> to <strong>$789<\/strong> (<strong>$240<\/strong> extra), and the <strong>1TB<\/strong> OLED model has increased from <strong>$649<\/strong> to <strong>$949<\/strong> (<strong>$300<\/strong> more). It&#8217;s not all doom and gloom, as the price of the existing LCD model (which is still sold in select markets) remains unchanged. Refurbished models also offer more affordable options.<\/p>\n<p>Here are Valve&#8217;s new regional prices for its Steam Deck OLED models. Keep in mind it hasn&#8217;t even released the Steam Frame or Steam Machine yet, which will function as both a console-style experience and PC.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Steam Deck 512GB: $789\/\u00a3649\/\u20ac779<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Steam Deck 1TB: $949\/\u00a3779\/\u20ac919<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While no hardware manufacturer seems to be safe from price increases or shortages on key components at the moment, as our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/news\/2026\/05\/sudden-steam-deck-price-increase-pins-more-questions-on-ps6\" class=\"external\">colleagues at Push Square note<\/a>, the big three console makers are arguably better equipped to deal with this kind of situation.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, for the Switch 2, it&#8217;s already got some momentum as it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/05\/switch-2-has-sold-just-shy-of-20-million-units-nintendo-lowers-fy27-forecast\">nears 20 million sales<\/a> and its first anniversary next month. Nintendo&#8217;s own <strong>$50<\/strong> increase raises the price of its new hybrid unit (featuring an LCD panel) from <strong>$449.99<\/strong> to <strong>$499.99<\/strong>. These price revisions are already in effect in Japan, and will take place this September in Western markets.<\/p>\n<p>In saying this, the Japanese firm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/05\/nintendo-isnt-ruling-out-further-switch-2-price-changes-just-yet\">isn&#8217;t willing to rule out further Switch 2 price increases<\/a> &#8211; with Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa stating earlier this month how the company could still be impacted by the &#8220;uncertainties&#8221; of component prices not only in 2026, but also next year.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:200933,199195,181792 @ 1779988123 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p>What do you make of Valve&#8217;s decision to up the price of its portable system? Do you think it could clear up some space in Nintendo&#8217;s segment of the market? <em>Let us know your thoughts in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo Life Depending on what kind of hybrid gaming system you&#8217;re in the market for, the Steam Deck might not be quite as appealing after a significant price increase this week. Following in the footsteps of Nintendo and Sony recently, Valve has announced its 512GB OLED system has jumped from $549 to $789 ($240 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137358\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}