[STEAM] Sales of Valve's Steam Deck crater after recent price hike

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Since its 2022 launch, the Steam Deck has consistently

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, with brief dips outside of the top 10

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. But sales of the popular handheld gaming PC have apparently been on a steep decline since the system

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Linux-focused gaming site Boiling Steam

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, showing how the Deck's chart position has fallen from fifth place immediately after orders resumed in late May down to 14th place for two weeks in early July (the hardware sits at 12th place in

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That's in sharp contrast to 2025, when the Steam Deck never dropped below seventh place on the bestseller charts and was only rarely outside the Top 5. Then Valve

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for the Steam Deck starting in February, leading to weeks of lower chart positions before the Deck became completely unavailable until May.

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