Valve raises price of Steam Deck to $789/$949 for 512gb/1tb models

[Chrkeller]

Zippy6 said:

Chrkeller said:

I recall debating the potential ps6 price with a few folks, friendly discussion, but there was a small group who had the ps6 under $700... i wonder if they still believe that? Not in a "lets fight over our predictions," but I am curious if those have changed positions.  Next gen is going to be super ****ing curious. 

Currently the contract prices of DDR5 are around $21/GB, while GDDR6 is $11.63/GB. So that's helpful for home consoles. $699 would probably be losing Sony $150+ per console at this point though. Which isn't unheard of but I'm not sure they'd go for that.

For comparison DDR5 was about $3.33/GB a little over a year ago lol.

I would be surprised if they went for it, as in very surprised.  I still think $800, but maybe they take a loss and jack up PSN?  Anything seems possible at this point.  I never would have guessed my 3-year-old PC would increase in value.