To be honest, I haven’t read the article, but games have never been so cheap for me.

When I was a kid, NES games were around CHF 120.-.

Then as teenager they were around CHF 89.- on Playstation 2 or 3.

Nowadays, my most expensive game on Playstation 5 was probably CHF 79.-.

And on my Steam Deck, I don’t think I’ve paid more than CHF 20.- for a game.

Related to inflation, my Playstation 3 was probably my most expensive console.

Now it’s true that the hardware prices are increasing (bought my Playstation 5 at around CHF 500.- and I guess it’d be at least CHF 150.- more expensive now), but games have become cheaper over time in my country (Switzerland).

I don’t know how much the Steam Machine is gonna be in Switzerland, but it’ll probably still be cheaper than a medium gaming PC was 10 years ago.