‘Due to rising memory and storage costs’ the Steam Deck now costs over 40% more.

source https://www.techradar.com/tech/holy-moly-valve-just-hiked-the-steam-deck-oled-price-by-almost-50-percent-but-i-have-two-fan-favorite-handhelds-that-are-still-cheap-and-you-should-get-instead