Valve updated their article about when the Steam Machine/Controller/Frame will ship.
Previous message:
We hope to ship in 2026, but as we shared recently, memory and storage shortages have created challenges for us. We’ll share updates publicly when we finalize our plans!
New message:
We shared recently that there have been challenges with memory and storage shortages, but we will be shipping all three products this year. More updates will be shared as we finalize our plans.
I’m a bit surprised that the Steam Controller might end up released later too. It does not have a builtin memory (or maybe to save settings?) and is not that expensive and big, therefore easier to produce and send in mass. Also releasing it early might also free up some production space and work for later when the Machine and Frame are released.
They’re probably going to have an option to buy it bundled with the Steam Machine for a discount, if the release it early then people who buy it as a stand-alone would feel like they missed out on that deal.
Which is not an issue I think and definitely not a reason not to release the controller potentially months ahead.
they’re trying to beat the age verification laws to market because they know afterwards will be a shit show.
they know customers won’t be spending money on hardware that is ID nerfed.
if valve gets the hardware to market now, along with the software it’s more likely that people will buy the hardware later and flash older firmware later that doesn’t require ID verification.
What “ID nerfed”? The laws are not about ID verification, so I am not sure what you are talking about.
multiple states and now countries have bills and/or laws that will be enforced soon that require the age and/or identity of the user. you’re lying to yourself if you believe steam won’t be directly impacted by that and will be forced to comply.
It is not about your ID, it is about age. You should read those bills. An operating system has to accept an age the user is able to freely type in, no ID verification is done. So much false information.
how many people live in your home with the same birthday?
it’s a form of identification.
No, because they don’t have anything else. They only get age or in some cases, just the information if you are 18+ or under 18. They don’t know where you are.
I want to see the price on that Steam Machine. The size of it is great and it’ll come with a controller. Be great for the living room
One vague rumor suggested the memory pricing hill might be leveling off; sadly Valve might be paying upfront for it still, but at least it won’t get worse.
One vague rumor suggested
No source? Who is that person? So nobody needs to listen to it. It’s a rumor, vague, from a single source and just a suggestion (sounds like an opinion rather than deep analysis). My point is, nobody knows and nobody can make predictions what will happen. Everyone has their opinion.
It was from me and I’m very reliable. Most reliable person I know. Trust me
…I mean, yes, which is why I lead with those 4 words. I’m hoping nobody is making critical stock bets based on Lemmy comments. It’s more of a “nice possibility” to make us hopeful we can buy PCs sometime.
I think they’re just pooling stock because the RAM prices are already screwed.
AYN already announced that their supplier is bumping prices, so their console prices are definitely gonna increase by the next batch.
The bubble will eventually pop, it just won’t be rapid or soon enough to halt product sales and wait it out.
Which sucks because a year ago, the GabeCube would have sold at a seriously competitive price to the point where it would have legitimately challenged Xbox as the superior product, despite much lower unit count.
