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From Steam Deck updates to store policy shifts and hardware leaks, get the latest news on Valve’s dominance in the PC ecosystem.
… This means Valve's upcoming Steam Frame headset will face an unexpected price increase. Initially, Valve planned to use the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor with 16 GB of unified LPDDR5X RAM and up to 1 TB of storage capacity. …
Saturday, June 27th 2026 Valve "Not Optimistic" About Lower Steam Machine Price Soon by Cpt.Jank Today, 01:05 Discuss 0 Comments Valve's Steam Machine, originally meant to be a somewhat affordable SFF console-PC hybrid, officially went on sale in mid-June at a rather alarming starting price of $1,0… …
… Valve says that it has In total, the BOM cost comes out to around $88.15 using the sources Valve lists in the GitLab instructions, although it's likely that the parts or 1:1 alternatives could be acquired more affordably on sites like AliExpress. …
Friday, May 29th 2026 Valve Steam Deck Sells Out in 24 Hours Despite Price Hike by Cpt.Jank Today, 05:43 Discuss 14 Comments The internet has recently been rife with complaints and discussions about the recent price increases to the Valve Steam Deck OLED , which saw prices of the gaming handheld sp… …
Tuesday, May 26th 2026 Valve Steam Machine Shows up in Vulkan Compliance Database, Launch Date Remains Elusive by Cpt.Jank Today, 01:16 Discuss 0 Comments The Khronos Group, the organization behind the Vulkan graphics API that forms the backbone of gaming on Linux, has officially listed the Valve S… …
… Valve also confirmed that the US, Canada, the UK, EU, and Australia will be getting Steam Controller restocks next week—meaning May 11. Source: Valve
… Source: u/Zok-Felswyn on Reddit 9 Comments on Valve Silently Discontinues Steam Deck LCD Spares at iFixit 1 Bad decision by Steam/Valve for stopping support so soon and is actually against EU law batteries need to be able to be bought/replaced for at least for 5 years after the last unit was sold. …
Friday, May 1st 2026 Valve Appears To Be Preparing for Steam Machine Launch With Warehouse Restocks by Cpt.Jank May 1st, 2026 01:55 Discuss 17 Comments Brad Lynch, the same VR industry insider who revealed that Valve was preparing for the Steam Controller launch just two weeks before the controller… …
… Source: The Verge 11 Comments on Valve Is Collaborating With NVIDIA to Bring SteamOS Support to More PCs 1 Yes, but does this mean that it is a new driver published and maintained by Valve with the endorsement of nVidia, or just whatever nVidia thinks they're doing with their proprietary driver and… …
… Valve is reassuring customers not to worry, as another stock drop is coming soon. Valve Steam Controller ran out faster than we anticipated, and we hate that not everyone who wanted one was able to get it. …