Ever since the Steam Deck debuted in 2022, it’s been one of my favorite devices. It was relatively affordable for a handheld gaming PC, but still powerful enough to play pretty much anything I would realistically play on the go. And while I still love the thing, it’s almost impossible to recommend to anyone right now, after the price increases a couple months ago. <\/p>\n
Right now, if you want to buy a Steam Deck from Valve, it’s going to cost you $789 for a new, 512GB OLED Steam Deck, or $949 if you want to bump the storage up to 1TB. You can, of course, save some cash by buying a refurbished Deck from Valve, which starts at around $279 for the 64GB LCD model, but at least in my region, every refurbished Steam Deck is out of stock. <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Even on Ebay, getting a used Steam Deck will probably set you back about $450-$500 right now, and there’s no real guarantee that you’re going to get something that works properly. <\/p>\n This is all, of course, thanks to the RAM crisis that we’re all dealing with, because seemingly every company is trying to build AI datacenters, driving up the costs of computer hardware. There aren’t really many devices that have escaped going up in price this year, with everything from the PS5 to the Steam Machine being affected in one way or the other. <\/p>\n <\/p>\nAsus ROG Xbox Ally \u2013 Hands-On Photos<\/h3>\n