Steam Machine may get a price increase, Valve slyly warns

The AI-driven component crisis shows no signs of abating anytime soon; if anything, the situation is increasingly growing dire. Everything from SSDs to computer chips now cost orders of magnitude more than they did a couple of years ago. If you’re tech-savvy, you’ve probably heard all of this before — as a theory. But when even the people at Valve are warning fans about potential price shocks, it doesn’t inspire confidence that the Steam Machine will be able to retain its current pricing in the long run.