Steam Deck sees massive £200 price rise but Steam Machine will cost even more

The best time to buy a Steam Deck was four years ago (Valve)

The good news is that Valve now has more stock of the Steam Deck to sell, the bad news is it’s suffered an outrageous price increase.

Earlier this month, Nintendo admitted that it will be raising the price of the Nintendo Switch 2. While the company has yet to actually confirm a new UK price, the new US pricing suggests it’ll cost around £430.

That’s £34 more than at the moment, so anyone who’s yet to invest in the console will want to do it ASAP while it’s still £395.99. Fortunately, the price in...