Valve recently confirmed the release date and pricing for the upcoming Steam Controller, but there’s still no exact release date or pricing information available for the Steam Machine. …
… Now that Valve has confirmed the price and launch date of the Steam Controller, the company is now commenting on why the gamepad is not being launched at the same time as the Steam Machine.
… That said, Valve programmer Pierre-Loup Griffais recently mentioned that the company will share more details about the Steam Machine’s release date soon. On top of that, the latest SteamOS beta update added further support for the device, which suggests that Valve may be preparing for its launch. …
Valve has officially acknowledged the disastrous launch of its new Steam Controller. …
… Even if something does go wrong, Valve products have historically been very DIY repair-friendly, with parts and manuals easily available online. Unfortunately, the Steam Machine and Steam Frame still do not have release dates. …
… To solve this problem, Valve is relying on the community. To this end, Valve has now published CAD files of the Steam Controller and the puck on Gitlab which are distributed under a Creative Commons license and can be downloaded free of charge. …
The Steam Controller is in the spotlight, but Valve hasn’t forgotten about the Steam Deck 2. …
An insider believes that Valve will soon make a final decision on the Steam Machine price. That could mean an abrupt end to the release date uncertainty caused by the memory shortage. The Steam Controller MSRP also leaked, indicating that news on the other new hardware is near.
Significant Steam Machine price hikes were apparently under consideration at Valve. An insider describes how the memory shortage forced the company to reconsider its release date MSRP. There are conflicting reports on whether the mini PC will ship soon after the Steam Controller or late in 2026.
Valve may already have stacks of the Steam Machine waiting in warehouses. …