Valve Says the Memory Crisis Doesn't Seem to be Coming to an End Anytime Soon

"Honestly, it's all getting worse."

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The memory crisis is something that we have been seeing in the last few months. Finding storage is getting harder and pricier as time goes on, and not only indie developers or people who enjoy building their own PCs have been affected by this, but also big companies.

Jason Schreier of Bloomberg had the chance to talk with Valve about their Steam Machine, and evidently the memory subject came up. The engineer Yazan Aldehayyat said that they knew there was going to be a problem with sourcing, but the magnitude was bigger than what they expected.

Because of the shortage, the prices for the Steam Machine were heavily affected. The 512GB model is at $1,049, the 2TB at $1,349, and the 2TB with the Steam Controller bundle is at $1,428. To give you a reference, the original 2015 machine started at $449. Yazan said that the prices are higher than what they had in mind.

"Honestly, it's still getting worse," Aldehayyat said. "Just in case people are not aware. What people are seeing on retail shelves right now, from our observations, is lagging what we're seeing from a bulk supply by at least three to six months."

He also said that they think the price will fix itself over time, or it will become normal if the memory crisis never stops. For them, the Steam Machine is a great option for people who want a PC to also function like a gaming console, and if they achieve that, then that's a success.

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