Valve, like other companies, is stuck with take-it-or-leave it prices.

Valve’s Steam Machine finally has a price: a whopping $1,049 for the 512GB configuration or $1,349 for the 2TB version. And those are without bundled controllers, which drive up the cost more.

The prices are so high in part because Valve isn’t subsidizing the hardware, and the company has already indicated that the component crisis forced it to reconsider its initial pricing plans. In an interview with the YouTube channel Gamers Nexus, Valve engineers discussed the reality of sourcing RAM in 2026, with take-it-or-leave-it prices as memory and other components remain in short supply, from only a few vendors like Samsung, Micron, and SK Hynix.

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Valve, of course, isn’t the only company in a bind over memory shortages, as the crunch is forcing many hardware makers to make significant pricing changes. Even Apple CEO Tim Cook is warning of incoming price hikes for iPhones, Macs, and other devices. And the RAM crunch isn’t projected to get better anytime soon.

  • nocturne@slrpnk.netEnglish
    176·
    22 hours ago

    I bought a PNY 2tb drive to upgrade my Steam Deck in August of 2025, it was $95 (USD). Today the 1tb version is $165, 2tb is $290.

    • colderr@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      5 hours ago

      A year and a half ago, I bought a 4TB Crucial P3 for 251€ ($286 USD), and now it’s currently not even on sale in the same store, but the 2TB version currently costs 407€ ($463 USD). Looking around, I found one that costs 654€ ($745 USD). I wanted to upgrade my RAM, but didn’t have money at the time for it. Then everything happened, and at one point, I saw it go up to 1000€ ($1139 USD). Currently, it’s 560€ ($638 USD).

      I do not like the world that we’re living in.

    • this@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      5 hours ago

      In 2021, I bought 4 4TB bad HDDs for $65 each. I decoded to buy a spare a couple weeks ago in case this shit decides not to stop and an hdd fails since most of my shit is on my NAS. It was $170 for the exact same model.

    • hdsrob@lemmy.worldEnglish
      59·
      20 hours ago

      We buy a decent amount of half TB SSD drives to add to desktop PCs that we sell to customers.

      Samsung EVO drives have gone from $47 to $285 in the last year.

      • nocturne@slrpnk.netEnglish
        14·
        20 hours ago

        While I was looking today I noticed Samsung drives have jumped way more than PNY have.

        The PNY 512gb drives were $114, while like you said, Samsung is $285!

        • hdsrob@lemmy.worldEnglish
          14·
          20 hours ago

          Even worse is that I used to be able to get Crucial drives for less than Samsung, and I trust them way more. The Samsung ones are fine, but we’ve never lost a single Crucial SSD in 14 years.

          I’ll take a look at the PNY ones. We actually can use 256gb, since these are just backup drives that get a data dump every 5 minutes, so that may save some $.

    • SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      811·
      22 hours ago

      just looked up my upgrade.

      1TB bought in november 2024

      Paid 74€ for it.

      Similarly specced ssd costs 210€ today. Fucking hell

      Edit: the exact same ssd costs 165-210€

      • IsoKiero@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        11·
        21 hours ago

        I just checked this today too. A year ago in June I bought two WD Blue 2,5" SSDs for ~165€, shipping included. Today the very same drive is 213€/each at the same store, before shipping.