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The graphics card shortage got the headlines. The RAM crisis got the memes. Now it is storage’s turn. NAND flash prices have roughly doubled since late 2025, and the fallout is landing on the same people who already absorbed higher GPU and DRAM bills this year: PC gamers building new rigs, console owners eyeing expansion…

Valve’s Steam Machine went on sale June 29 at $1,049, roughly $300 to $350 more than the company had reportedly targeted before a global memory shortage forced its hand. That price tag was not an isolated event. Since the start of 2026, Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, MSI, and Asus have each raised prices on gaming hardware,…

Valve engineers warn that the AI boom is swallowing up the global chip supply, meaning high hardware prices are here to stay until at least 2027.