Makes sense - Summer is when it gets all steamy
this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2026
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Their testing the waters of $949 steam decks has resulted in outcomes that have opened the gates to much higher prices than what they initially thought. That's the takeaway imo.
I know a lot of people really wanted to see a $400-600 price point, but i'm honestly assuming closer to $1200 now. The controller won't have a bundle savings unless it's $20 or less, odds are it'll just be $100 more to have one bundled, since they're still on backorder and scalped endlessly (completed+sold us ebay listings is showing a range of $200-300 right now.)
I bet the thing will be scalped for $2500 by the time they are delivered to the first customers. Valve is the new apple and there's no shortage of demand for every single product they sell. Cult followings are nuts.
At the low price of 1.5k