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I said in our Discord only yesterday about the Steam Machine price - to expect traditional consoles to repeatedly go up in price when inventory runs low. Oh look, Xbox price increases by $100-150. news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...

news.xbox.comUpdated XBOX Console Prices - XBOX WireEffective August 1, 2026, the price of XBOX consoles will be increasing by US$100 for 512 GB models and US$150 for 1 TB models.

25/6/26, 4:51 pm12 reposts76 likes

SteveHeist

@steveheist2.bsky.social

25 June

>previously played consoles That's... a way to phrase "used" lol

Liam @ GamingOnLinux

@gamingonlinux.com

25 June

Oh dear, and the new MacBook Neo too: www.macrumors.com/2026/06/25/a...

macrumors.comApple Just Raised the Price of the MacBook NeoApple today announced that it is raising prices on many products, including the MacBook Neo, which now starts at $699 in the United States. The price increases are due to the ongoing memory chip short...

Yore

@yore89.bsky.social

25 June

Remember when technology used to become cheaper with time?

Mara Johnson

@marajohnson.dev

25 June

Yeah, people need to realize that this is going to get worse. The Steam Machine price is a casualty in this AI bubble, but it's not gonna be the only one.

FaeAlicia System

@faealicia.bsky.social

25 June

Honestly, with how even AMD GPUs have had price hikes going well above MSRP well before the AI crap stole all the RAM and storage from folks, this model of "release a few at MSRP and then price hike the rest" is unsurprising.

FOTD-Games

@fotdgames.bsky.social

25 June

Made me giggle when i saw it this morning. Everyone: "Steam machine is overpriced by 200-300$" Apple: Raises prices by 200-300$, due to ram. Everyone: ...

Mark Kilborn

@markkilborn.bsky.social

25 June

"The entire consumer electronics industry is struggling with the current components crisis" ...that our parent company has had a huge hand in creating.