According to recent import records, Valve seems to be gearing up for the imminent launch of Steam Frame. As spotted by XR analyst Brad Lynch, Valve has imported a large number “virtual reality devices” to its US-based warehouses, which can be none other than its long-awaited Steam Frame standalone VR headset. As per the public […]
But the Snapdragon is only a Gen 3. It shouldn’t cost more than a Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra which comes with a Elite Gen 5 CPU but it probably will. The Steam Deck price hike is outrageous for 4 years old hardware.
The CPU being a few years old will definitely help. But Valve has nowhere near the economies of scale that Samsung does. And 16 gigs of ram in this economy? Valve has said that they don’t intend to take a loss on their hardware.
Plus I remember seeing some articles like this where even Samsung was worried about not being able to make money off their phones.
It matches increase in BOM. It sucks, but it makes sense when you think about it