Steam Machine Engineers at Valve Signal Grim Future as Memory Crisis Is 'Still Getting Worse'

Valve says the global RAM shortage is still worsening, and retail memory prices are lagging behind wholesale conditions by months.

That is constraining Steam Machine production, leaving Valve unable to cut prices anytime soon despite wanting to.

Engineers Yazan Aldehayyat and Pierre-Loup Griffais warned the situation remains severe and shows no near-term relief.

The comments echo warnings from Micron and Epic Games that elevated memory costs could persist for years.