Valve, a very lean, very profitable tech company estimated to make $50 million per employee, announced this week that it was raising Steam Deck prices by hundreds of dollars . Some of the most affordable, bang-for-your-buck PC gaming devices immediately became luxury goods. Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, who runs a competitor to Valve’s Steam storefront, figured this would be a good opportunity to take a shot at rival CEO Gabe Newell. “Everyone’s being too harsh here,” Sweeney posted on Thursday afternoon. “There has been a significant rise in the cost of components that Steam customer spending ultimately funds, and economic trends have created severe disruptions in the component parts supply chain for megayachts.” This was the head of the Forntite maker getting a dig in about Newell’s conspicuous consumption. In particular, his penchant for yachts. Very big, very expensive yachts. The biggest, most expensive of those is called the Leviathan.…