… When Steam was announced in 2002 , Valve’s Gabe Newell sold it as a way to get around those annoying retailers altogether, “eliminating the overhead of physical goods distribution” and “leverag ing the efficiency of broadband to improve customer service and increase operating margins.” Over two dec… …
… Valve also raised the price of its Steam Deck handheld by more than $200 recently. According to Valve , it did not set out to make a Steam Machine that starts north of $1,000. …
… Valve plans to launch the box sometime “this year,” and it recently appeared in the database of devices conforming to the Vulkan graphics API. …
… Games were being tested not just for Steam Deck compatibility, but general SteamOS compatibility . Late in 2025, Valve announced the Steam Machine , an effort to compete with game consoles and lower-end gaming PCs. …
… Kyle Orland has been the Senior Gaming Editor at Ars Technica since 2012, writing primarily about the business, tech, and culture behind video games. …
… In the manual included with every Steam Controller, Valve warns that both the charging puck and the Controller contain ”magnetic parts that may attract magnetic items.” Users should make sure both are “free of metallic objects” in order “to reduce the potential risks of sparks and resulting propert… …
… Kyle Orland has been the Senior Gaming Editor at Ars Technica since 2012, writing primarily about the business, tech, and culture behind video games. …
… Intel’s press release mentions Windows 11’s Xbox Mode but not Valve’s SteamOS, which to date has only shipped on AMD-based PCs. …
… Kyle Orland has been the Senior Gaming Editor at Ars Technica since 2012, writing primarily about the business, tech, and culture behind video games. …
… Kyle Orland has been the Senior Gaming Editor at Ars Technica since 2012, writing primarily about the business, tech, and culture behind video games. …
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