(Image credit: Tom's Hardware) Valve 's Steam Deck OLED is seeing a massive price increase. Widely considered one of the best handheld gaming PCs since its launch in 2023, the 512GB model is now $789, while the 1TB version is $949. Those are $240 and $300 increases, respectively. In a blog post , Valve wrote that the price increases are "due to rising memory and storage costs." "Steam Deck itself hasn't changed; these new prices reflect the current state of component costs and other global logistical challenges across the industry as a whole," the post reads. The 512GB Steam Deck OLED was previously $549, while the 1TB upgrade was $649. As low-end gaming laptops have dried up, these were seen as a great value. But back in February, the handheld started going out of stock due to those same component shortages. In this light, the Lenovo Legion Go 2 , which we reviewed at $1,349.99, and Asus ROG Xbox Ally X , at $999.99, don't seem quite as outrageous anymore.…