- Valve raised the 512GB Steam Deck OLED to $789, up from $549 — a 43% increase, not the doubling the round numbers suggest.
- The 1TB OLED rises to $949; the cheaper LCD models were discontinued in late 2025, leaving OLED as the only new Deck.
- Valve blames component and memory costs and global logistics — not tariffs — with no timeline for relief any time soon.
Valve raised the price of the Steam Deck. The 512GB OLED model now costs $789, up from $549, and the 1TB OLED jumps to $949 from $649, per Valve’s hardware announcement.
The reason, in Valve’s words: “Steam Deck itself hasn’t changed; these new prices reflect the current state of component costs and other global logistical challenges.” Memory and NAND storage prices have spiked industry-wide, and that’s what moved the sticker — not US tariffs, which Valve didn’t mention. The LCD Decks that once started at $399 were discontinued in late 2025, so OLED is the only Deck sold new now; setting today’s $789 against that old $399 LCD compares two different machines.
| Steam Deck OLED | Was | Now |
|---|---|---|
| 512GB | $549 | $789 |
| 1TB | $649 | $949 |
| LCD models | from $399 | discontinued (late 2025) |
The increase lands as the handheld field crowds in. Computex this week brought the MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ on Intel’s new Arc G3 Extreme, fresh AMD-powered rivals, and RTX Spark machines due later this year — narrowing the price gap that was the Deck’s main advantage.
The Steam Deck has never had official distribution in the Philippines, and every unit arrives through importers and resellers. So street prices have always run above US MSRP. At $789 or about Php 48,700 for the 512GB OLED, that points to roughly Php 50k or more locally once import costs and margin are added. Better check your nearest gaming console store to be sure.
