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The company also teased the Steam Frame, a follow-up to the Valve Index VR headset, along with an updated Steam Controller.
Valve has officially launched the new Steam Machine: a compact, SteamOS-powered gaming box that claims to deliver more than six times the horsepower of a Steam Deck. Paired with a revamped Steam Controller,
Another critical component of the Steam Machine regarding its sales potential will be its price, and Elliott said the "sweet spot" for the device would be $400 for a bundle that includes the system and a controller. If it's more than $500, it runs the risk of "being perceived as an expensive niche PC," Elliott said.
The Steam Machine challenges Xbox in the living room with the power of PC gaming. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years.
Valve may not have announced Half-Life 3 yesterday, but the time feels right for the game to finally be revealed.
Valve’s new Steam hardware announcements—a revived Steam Machine desktop-slash-console, a standalone Steam Frame VR headset, and a refreshed Steam Controller—are all anyone’s talking about right now. But none of them would have such high profiles ...