We are in the unyielding winter of $949 Steam Deck OLEDs, $1,049 Steam Machines, and I'm finding myself missing $1 pizza more than ever. My cat is no doubt devising how to sell my kidneys as he notices the way I scoff at prices on even small amenities like his salmon cans, and all I can do now is pray he fails – especially since MSI product marketing lead Andy Chu predicts this year's price hikes will only get worse.
Speaking to FRVR in time for the release of handheld console MSI Claw 8 EX AI+, a Steam Deck competitor with its own kidney pain-inducing price tag of $1,800, Chu says, "There's much room for another price hike," and that the handheld market in particular "is now entering a time where it's time to take a closer look at what it can offer."
