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Last November, Valve introduced the world to its new vision of living room gaming: the Steam Machine and Steam Controller. Then, RAMageddon. Memory shortages forced Valve to delay all its hardware and reset expectations. Now, Valve is releasing the Steam Controller without the Steam Machine. …
… And with Valve still working on getting the Steam Controller out the door next week and shipping the Steam Frame and Steam Machine sometime this year, we could be waiting a while for a Steam Deck 2. …
… In February, updated the Steam Deck’s store listing to say that the handheld gaming PC would be out of stock “intermittently in some regions due to memory and storage shortages.” Memory and storage shortages have also created hurdles for Valve’s planned launches of the Steam Machine and Steam Frame… …
… That’s on top of the “ton” of shipments that Valve watcher Brad Lynch mentioned late last week — and there’s reason to believe these containers have the new Steam Machine or Steam Frame inside, not just an extra batch of the Steam Deck handheld. …
… After the Steam Controller quickly sold out, Valve introduced a reservation system so people wait for their turn to buy. The launches of the Steam Machine and Steam Frame, whenever they happen, could be even more competitive — maybe a reservation system would ease a little bit of the chaos. …
… Valve hasn’t shared any new information about when the Steam Machine PC and Steam Frame VR headset might go on sale. …
… Valve still hasn’t committed to a firm date this year for when the Steam Machine and Steam Frame will go on sale. …
… It’s made for Linux PCs hooked up to TVs — like Valve’s upcoming Steam Machine, which runs on SteamOS and uses KDE Plasma. …
… Check out our responses to the many great questions we got from readers during our Verge subscriber exclusive AMA. --- And because the Steam Machine and Steam Frame still aren’t available yet — and we don’t know when they will be, beyond sometime this year, or how much they will cost — we haven’t y… …
Steam Machines have returned: all the news about Valve’s new hardware universe See all Stories Posted Apr 27, 2026 at 6:05 PM UTC S Sean Hollister Lose the new Steam Controller? …