In their video today, they said they asked Valve the original pricing, and they said (paraphrasing) "we can't tell you exactly - but the increase we recently had on the steam deck is about how much the pricing for machine increased" - which is how they came up with the $800 number
Yup, and another source:
https://bsky.app/profile/papapishu.bsky.social/post/3movfklq...
Ohh, I thought it was in their earlier videos. I did not see they released one today lol, my bad!
Depends on if the Valve employee meant percentage increase (+50%) or dollar increase (+$200).
That's set the steam machine at either $650 or $800, depending on which interpretation you're using.